Fact of the day: Pumpkin pie became a popular dish during Civil War-era celebrations of Thanksgiving because pumpkins were grown on small farms, not plantations, making the pie a symbol of abolitionist virtue.
Daniel Silliman
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Daniel Silliman
@danielsilliman
Journalist. Historian. Church deacon. Raising cats, chickens, and bees in Appalachia.
Joined April 2011
- Replying to @danielsillimanCindy Ott, Pumpkins: The Curious History of an American Icon (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2013).
- For the past few months, I've been investigating a history of unchecked sexual harassment at the place I work, @CTmagazine. Here's the story:
- I don’t know if all the dots connect in this developing story of the Jerry Falwell Jr. scandal (or scandals?) But it would be helpful, at least, to know what all the dots *are*.
- A Tennessee sheriff's deputy is accused of forcing a woman he pulled over in a traffic stop to get baptized. "It had nothing to do with God," the baptized woman said. "It had something to do with power and control."
- Worshipped at a small, faithful church in rural East Tennessee today where my wife preached on Ephesians.
- Replying to @danielsillimanAre all these things connected? The pool boy, the property deals, the lawsuit, the alleged racy photos, the shady deals with Michael Cohen? Maybe. There are enough dots you can start to see a shape, even if you can’t for-sure say what that shape is. /end
- More millennials are going to church now than were before the pandemic. From @CTmagazine's Oct issue:
- Jimmy Carter is 100 today. His personal Bible, preserved at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C.:
- This is first immigrant arrested in an ICE raid at a church. The raid came five days after the Trump admin. revoked a policy that, for 13 years, had ordered ICE officers to avoid making arrests at houses of worship and other “sensitive locations.” He was here legally.
- I've been digging deep into a story about a prominent Christian conciliator who worked behind the scenes at dozens of churches and ministries dealing with abuse—and used her authority to protect those in power. My report is now up at @CTmagazine christianitytoday.com/news/2021/nove…
