tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post5515424471841814848..comments2024-03-23T05:42:07.516-04:00Comments on The Deliberate Agrarian: E.P Roe Quotes:The Final InstallmentHerrick Kimballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-90573680049838738192011-06-28T18:56:12.385-04:002011-06-28T18:56:12.385-04:00I have a 24 volume set of Roe's workI have a 24 volume set of Roe's workCarlton Jacksonhttp://www.tunnelvisionhoops.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-5613200162951937262007-11-08T20:31:00.000-05:002007-11-08T20:31:00.000-05:00Hey Dave—I came upon an E.P. Roe book while doing ...Hey Dave—<BR/>I came upon an E.P. Roe book while doing some searching on ebay. The book description led me to do some more research on the man. It was a neat discovery. And it makes me wonder what other discoveries like that there are out there. I plan to spend more time reading his book on small fruit culture, but I will probably copy it off of the internet and put it in a binder. I have seen the movie and it is good.<BR/><BR/>Hi Barry-<BR/>It never occurred to me that E.P. Roe and I shared the similarity of being Christian-agrarian entrepreneurs, and having a writing ministry. Wow.<BR/><BR/>I hope we don’t share the similar fate of dying at 50 years of age (which is quickly approaching for me). Not that I mind the idea of leaving this realm and being present with the Lord. It’s just that I’m excited about being a part of what He is doing here and now….<BR/><BR/>For example, the work of your ministry <A HREF="http://www.acresofhopeamerica.org/" REL="nofollow">Acres of Hope</A> and the developing plans for northwest Georgia. I firmly believe the vision you and Lynne have for this ministry is of the Lord, that it is greatly needed, and that He will bless your efforts. If clarification and comfirmation have come to you through the E.P. Roe posts, that is truly a work of God, and I thank Him for that.<BR/><BR/>I want you to know that I really like the phrase you used about Christian-agrarians being <B>ministers on the land, the field missionaries, and the ambassadors impacting the cultural transformation in their communities through relational, agrarian lifestyle evangelism</B>. That’s profound, and it is a vision that I hope all professing Christians who are deliberately pursuing the agrarian life will keep before them. Amen, brother!<BR/><BR/>P.S. I thought maybe folks down there referred to the Civil War not as “The War Between The States” but as “The War of Northern Aggression” (which I’m inclined to think it was). :-)Herrick Kimballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17116051416696885647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-43905882178132219222007-11-05T11:30:00.000-05:002007-11-05T11:30:00.000-05:00Thank you Herrick, I enjoyed and appreciated your ...Thank you Herrick, I enjoyed and appreciated your posts on Christian-agrarian writer Edward Payson Roe. I found fascinating, the quotations that you sighted from both Roe’s writings and from his story in his sister Mary’s book. Also, I believe the Lord used your posts to speak clarification and confirmation to me, about the next steps forward for advancing the Acres Of Hope America ministry vision and mission.<BR/><BR/>I hope you and your readers will excuse me for personalizing, but I found readily recognizable and meaningful parallels, between the present Acres Of Hope America ministry development, and what I learned about E. P. Roe from your posts. Specifically, I found more than curious or coincidental, the comparisons of Roe’s historical setting, his practical “theology of the land” ministry of healing through agrarianism, and his ministry vocational transition from a personal preaching ministry, to one that addressed greater audiences with geographically broader reaches, and with generational impacts, through his writings.<BR/><BR/>First of all, I read from your posts that E. P. Roe made the vocational transition from being a Minister employing agrarianism to accomplish his mission, to becoming a Christian Agrarian entrepreneur, employing a mail order business and a writing ministry to expand his mission. Herrick, does that resonate with you on any personal level?<BR/><BR/>Herrick, you may recall from our recent phone conversation, when I stated my belief, that it is folks like the Herrick Kimball family, and other devoted Christian agrarians, (that we have had the privilege to contact, meet and minister to), who in my opinion are the real “in place” ministers on the land, the “in the field missionaries” and the ambassadors impacting the cultural transformation in their communities, through relational, agrarian lifestyle evangelism. Acres Of Hope America, is merely an equipping and support ministry, to aid, enhance and accelerate the agrarian and ministry missions of Christian agrarians that are already “in place”, and to help those the Lord is yet drawing, one heart at a time, to heed His “call to the land”.<BR/><BR/>In reading the posts about E.P. Roe, I found what I thought was another interesting parallel comparison with the historical setting of this didactic Christian Agrarian writer. The Civil War experience and setting of then military Chaplain E. P. Roe, made me think immediately, of the abundant and significant Civil War history of the Northwest Georgia area. Acres Of Hope America has already moved our base of ministry operations to Northwest Georgia, and are actively pursuing the acquisition of approximately 500 acres to establish our planned Christian Agrarian and Sustainable Living Training Farm and Learning Center.<BR/><BR/>Everywhere one travels throughout the Northwest Georgia area one will encounter historical Civil War markers and memorials. The roads through northwest Georgia, from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Atlanta, follow the paths of some of the most dramatic events in the what the locals call, “The War Between the States”. <BR/><BR/>In 1863 the march of war brought 124,000 Union and Confederate soldiers into Chickamauga, just south of Chattanooga, to engage in the bloodiest two-day battle of the Civil War. This battle resulted in 34,000 casualties and is commemorated by the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, located in Chickamauga, Georgia. This historic park was the first to be established by the US War Department in 1890. It is the oldest and largest military park in the nation.<BR/><BR/>Northwest Georgia saw over 100,000 men die in less than a year. Nowhere else in this war did so many men die in such a short period of time. Their sacrifices, North and South, leave a legacy of heroism throughout the Northwest Georgia area.<BR/><BR/>Following the hospital chaplaincy comparison of E.P. Roe, located in the northwest Georgia, little rural town of Ringgold, was the center for the Confederate hospitals. The geographical Northwest Georgia Civil War historic and beautiful scenic tour is known as, “The Back Roads and Battlefields” tour.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Herrick, in a final comparison, Roe’s vocational transition to reach a greater and broader audience reminds me again of our phone conversation, where I mentioned the leading I was sensing from the Lord, telling me it was time to transition from my 2 ½ years of one-on-one ministry, and individual church educational speaking, and to start impacting larger audiences and to greatly expand the number of people we serve through our ministry.<BR/><BR/>Thank you again for these informative, inspiring and timely posts. I will close with a quotation of E. P. Roe that you included in your posts that really resonated with me.<BR/><BR/>“One may delve in the earth so long as to lose all dread at the thought of sleeping in it at last; and the luscious fruits and bright-hued flowers that come out of it, in a way no one can find out, may teach our own resurrection more effectually than do all the learned theologians.”<BR/><BR/>God BlessBarry L. Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07801093933137767288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13729569.post-51327755881850185692007-11-04T08:37:00.000-05:002007-11-04T08:37:00.000-05:00Herrick,I have enjoyed these passages enough that ...Herrick,<BR/>I have enjoyed these passages enough that I have ordered the books to read them in their entirety. Thanks! Oh yes, did you buy a DVD copy of Inherit The Land? It's REALLY good. Take care.<BR/><BR/>Dave in GAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com