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About Hilda Vaughan

A priest in the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands doing what God requires: living justly with lovingkindness and mercy, walking humbly with God and all God's creatures The views expressed here are mine alone and is independent of and not associated with the Diocese.

We are all the same

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.  And if you are Christ’s, then you are… heirs according to promise. Galatians 3:28-29 Today is Emancipation Day.  … Continue reading

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Embracing Consensus: The Path to Unity and Divine Guidance

So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel. David was thirty years old when he began … Continue reading

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We don’t have to live a lie: Embrace our reality

Don’t be misled: No one makes a fool of God. What a person plants, he will harvest. Galatians 6:7 So many of us live a lie and we fool ourselves about our reality. We believe we can fool God too.  … Continue reading

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Redemption in Juneteenth and World Refugee Day

And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel. (Genesis 3:15) Yesterday was the celebration of Juneteenth and today is observed as World … Continue reading

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Planted by God for God

“What shall we say the kingdom of God is like…?   It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth.  Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such … Continue reading

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Being our own Best Person

For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves. All must test their own work; then that work, rather than their neighbor’s work, will become a cause for pride. Galatians 6:3-4 All must test their work and … Continue reading

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Experiencing the Fruit of the Spirit and Works of the Flesh: It’s not one or the other

Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for these are opposed to … Continue reading

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Rural Women are Virtuous

I am not certain how many of us gathered here, know that I am a trained agriculturist, and a former vice president of the Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers. I am an asphalt farmer, but I love country, I … Continue reading

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An Authentic Person

Hi Blog It has been a long time since I have posted. But I have been meaning to write for the last 2 weeks ago. I officiated at a funeral and had another conversion of how real God is and … Continue reading

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