tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post260897032484314956..comments2024-02-15T03:32:25.686-05:00Comments on Preludium, Anglican and Episcopal futures: The Future of the Episcopal Church of Haiti and the Case for Autonomy (revised)Mark Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06871096746243771489noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-61491227095561613262016-08-15T16:16:53.593-04:002016-08-15T16:16:53.593-04:00Tom Violett : I had great admiration for Bishop Ga...Tom Violett : I had great admiration for Bishop Garnier. The first time I met him at his office in Petionville I recall being somewhat intimidated. He was a big man with an even bigger personality and a deep sonorous voice like James Earl Jones. Yet behind this front I sensed he was sizing me up. Would I judge him? Would I act like so many other well meaning but clueless people that he would have to tolerate? I hope after he saw me for awhile and we got to know each other a bit and saw my friendship with his son he relaxed a bit and knew I wasn't one of them. My two cents worth the church should be autonomous.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107787980256339930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-10716936313847566592016-08-10T11:26:40.954-04:002016-08-10T11:26:40.954-04:00Mark's observations on Haiti, including his ed...Mark's observations on Haiti, including his editorial revisions are truly thought provoking to me. The ECH and its ongoing relationship with TEC in some respects mirrors the ongoing relationship between that small nation and its "big brother" to the North. Neither relationship is exactly as that between the colonized and colonizer; however, many of those tensions of that kind of relationship are indeed present. "Autonomy" shouldn't be considered synonomous with or confused with "authenticity". It does seem sometimes that both Hatians and those who are not and who care about it do get these two ideas confused. U. S. private investment in Haiti, if it follows a path similar to other such investments in this hemisphere has the danger of becoming quasi-colonial. The Haitians justly have a long bitter memory of that and instinctively loathe anything that resembles colonialism whether it be political, economic, or cultural. To my mind if TEC is to be an (if not the) instrument bringing a truly autonomus ECH into being TEC has to, seemingly naıvely, act uncharacteristicly in complete faith that the Holy Spirit will and does guide the ECH.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05330921540044559367noreply@blogger.com