Do you have a minute? 1 min videos on All Aspects of the priesthood and Christian Ministry

 

Most of these videos were posted on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/seraphimholland/

Priest Seraphim produces 1 minute videos regularly, on anything that should edify and teach: scripture, The service texts, pastoral commentary, etc. The intent is to keep it short and therefore, get it watched!

You can see these one minute videos:

Specific Topics

• Stewardship
• The priesthood
• Scripture Commentary
• Commentary on all aspects of Modern Life

All 1 minute Videos in chronological order.

• The Jews in Matthew 27 are just like us. God is not found by outside events. He is found by experience in a heart that loves
2016-10-26
• What is stewardship? A simple definition. It includes showing up!
2016-10-27
• The power of the right kind of negative Thinking!
8:00 homily on "... Therefore will I glory in my infirmities" orthodox.net/2.html
2016-10-29
• "Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God:" ONLY IF you have "an honest and good heart..." Introduction to the Parable of the Sower.
In the parable of the Sower, only one kind of ground is saved. We skip to the chase and evaluate how much our Savior's words apply to us: "Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables..." and how to have an "an honest and good heart..." http://orthodox.net/sermons/luke-04_2016+parable-of-the-sower+in-an-honest-and-good-heart_luke8-5-15.mp3
2016-10-30
• What are you "going as" tonight? I will be going as a Christian, and a sinner, who is trying. It is not a costume. And I will celebrate St. JOHN OF KRONSTADT.
2016-10-31
• Stewardship. If you ain't praying for others daily, you ain't doing it!
2016-11-01
• We *can* purchase Christ! It is the best deal you can find, and you have all the money you need. From the canon to St Panteleimon
2016-11-02
• 3 keys for a Christian to conquer depression
2016-11-02
• What do you do when people let you down?
This is a common temptation for priests, but everyone must deal with disspointment.
Three things I do, and you must do all three whoever you are.
2016-11-03
• The greatest sermon I ever heard. The main task of a priest.

Also on YouTube
2016-11-04
• The 7 Sleepers of Ephesus teach us what to think about politics.
They were commemorated (Oct 22/Nov 4) just B4 the presidential election. They slept on undisturbed by the political intrigue of the day. They have something to teach us about our broken political process.
Also on YouTube
2016-11-05
• “Which party best represents Christian interests? Is there a clear choice that will deliver us?"
Part 1 of my opinion on the upcoming election.
2016-11-07
• “What are your politics? I will tell you mine."
Part 2 of my opinion on the upcoming election.
2016-11-07
• Luke 11:1-10 Take note of the teaching on prayer AFTER the Our Father!
Many people know of the Lord's teaching about the Our Father, but His teaching continued directly after this with the parable about the man who knocks on his friend's door at midnight. The Our Father is a model for how to pray, and the parable teaches us how much to pray, and with what sort of spirit.
Also on YouTube
2016-11-08
• Did you pray or watch election returns last night? I prayed, and got ready for prison, and do not know yet who "won".
The morning after the Presidential election.
2016-11-09
• Colossians 1:3. Read it as a question! My honest answer.
2016-11-10
• Colossians 1:3 redux. Why so little thanksgiving?
Because we know more stuff about God than we experience. Repentance, prayer, effort, blood - these things bring about experiencing God, and giving thanks naturally flows. BTW:I am not talking about what we say, but what our state of being is.
2016-11-10
• Colossians 1:5 The hope which is laid for you in the heavens
2016-11-10
• Colossians 1:9-12 how to pray for others
Paul's words should rebuke us AND inspire us about prayer. We do not pray enough, but he teaches us how to pray *spiritually* for someone.
2016-11-11
• Colossians 1:9 Praying for the knowledge and will of God #doyouhaveaminute
In telling us what he prays, St. Paul teaches how to pray. What are we praying for when we pray that someone would be "filled with the full knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding"?
2016-11-12
• Colossians 1:10 The connection between works and the knowledge of God #doyouhaveaminute
When St Paul tells the Colossians that he prays for them that they would be “bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the full knowledge of God” (cf Col 1:10), he elucidated the connection between “works” and knowing God. This is important to understand, and do
2016-11-12
• Luke 8:28 The Gadarene demonic. A question YOU must answer.
"What have I to do with Thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high"?
2016-11-13
• Saying Hello, you are stupid, change your mind - changed nobody's mind, ever.
How not to change someone's mind, and in the meantime, judge them and alienate them. Also a little about Abby Johnson, who fortunately, knew people who did not call her stupid.
2016-11-13
• Luke 1:28 and "safe spaces"
There is the experience of God where there is no fear, and there is the world, which is full of fear. In the aftermath of the presidential election, we can see this contrast clearly. I found out yesterday that high schools were setting up "safe places" where people could cry about the results of the presidential election and give in to their fears. This is a secular response to life. The Christian response is to pray, and read the Gospels, and experience God, where there is no fear. If you are a Christian, do not be faithless and give into secular fears, as taught by the media and people all around us. In the midst of all these things that make people afraid, God is here, if we have eyes to see and ears to hear.
2016-11-14
• Luke 1:18, 1:34 Different responses of Zacharias & Mary to miraculous news
We doubt because we do not experience. We do not experience b/c of our sins.
2016-11-14
• Let us duly give thanks unto the Lord!
An honest meditation on a petition in the last Ectenia of the Divine Liturgy: "Aright! Having partaken of the divine, holy, most pure, immortal, heavenly, and life-creating, fearful Mysteries of Christ, let us worthily give thanks unto the Lord.
2016-11-15
• About prison ministry and patience
Or sometimes, dealing with things that try one's patience!
2016-11-16
• Prison ministry and patience part 2. Sometimes you get the bear.
2016-11-16
• "The best things I have ever said are the things I have not said"
A favorite aphorism, learned by experience.
2016-11-17
• Grace happens, in the midst of our stupid human tricks. A summary of priestly ministry.
2016-11-17
• The Parable of the Good Samaritan and the Incarnation in 1 minute
The parable of the Good Samaritan is a detailed description of the Incarnation. We focus on the differences between the priest and the Levite, and the Good Samaritan - Who is Jesus Christ.
2016-11-20
• Could it be on account of me?
O Lord grant mercy unto them that bear hatred or enmity against me, and also unto them that revile or slander me: That none of them may at all suffer any evil, whether in the present or in the age to come, on account of me, who am impure. But cleanse them all in Thy mercy, and protect them by Thy grace, O Thou who art good.
Old Believer Prayer Book, pg 312
2016-11-22
Also on Instagram
• Why ask for something that aint happening?
"Having asked that the whole day may be perfect..., holy, peaceful, and sinless, let us commit ourselves and one another and all of our life unto Christ Our God."
Also on Instagram
2016-11-22
• Give alms AND fight for Chastity!
I apply a word from St Isaac the Syrian to the fight for Chastity.
2012-11-29
• What about those "begats"?
One simple, important point about the "begats" at the beginning of the Gospel of St Matthew
2012-11-29
• Why do we pray for the dead?
A simple explanation of why we pray for the dead, in 3 points.
2012-11-29
• How are you able to believe, who receive glory from one another
The relationship between our ego and faith.
John 5:44
2016/12/05
• The Harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
An application of Matthew 9:37-38 to prison ministry. Remember, 90% of ministry, like life, is SHOWING UP!
Matthew 9:37-38
2016/12/05
• Is suicide a sin?
Thoughts on suicide. There is only one important thing to know that a Christian must believe and do concerning suicide.
2016-12-0-9

 

Most of these videos were posted on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/seraphimholland/

Priest Seraphim produces 1 minute videos regularly, on anything that should edify and teach: scripture, The service texts, pastoral commentary, etc. The intent is to keep it short and therefore, get it watched!

• The Jews in Matthew 27 are just like us. God is not found by outside events. He is found by experience in a heart that loves
2016-10-26
• What are you "going as" tonight? I will be going as a Christian, and a sinner, who is trying. It is not a costume. And I will celebrate St. JOHN OF KRONSTADT.
2016-10-31
• We *can* purchase Christ! It is the best deal you can find, and you have all the money you need. From the canon to St Panteleimon
2016-11-02
• 3 keys for a Christian to conquer depression
2016-11-02
• What do you do when people let you down?
This is a common temptation for priests, but everyone must deal with disspointment.
Three things I do, and you must do all three whoever you are.
2016-11-03
• The 7 Sleepers of Ephesus teach us what to think about politics.
They were commemorated (Oct 22/Nov 4) just B4 the presidential election. They slept on undisturbed by the political intrigue of the day. They have something to teach us about our broken political process.
Also on YouTube
2016-11-05
• “Which party best represents Christian interests? Is there a clear choice that will deliver us?"
Part 1 of my opinion on the upcoming election.
2016-11-07
• “What are your politics? I will tell you mine."
Part 2 of my opinion on the upcoming election.
2016-11-07
• Did you pray or watch election returns last night? I prayed, and got ready for prison, and do not know yet who "won".
The morning after the Presidential election.
2016-11-09
• Give alms AND fight for Chastity!
I apply a word from St Isaac the Syrian to the fight for Chastity.
2012-11-29

 

Most of these videos were posted on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/seraphimholland/

Priest Seraphim produces 1 minute videos regularly, on anything that should edify and teach: scripture, The service texts, pastoral commentary, etc. The intent is to keep it short and therefore, get it watched!

Some of these videos are directly about the priesthood and Christian ministry from a "sinner, who tries to help other sinners to not sin" (this is my favorite definition of a priest). Because I am a sinner, I allow "stupid human tricks" to get in the way of my ministry often: depression, cynicism, laziness, negative thinking, bad decisions, fallibilty, etc. ETC.! Herein you will find my advice and confession to you.

• The power of the right kind of negative Thinking!
1 min introduction to an 8:00 homily on "... Therefore will I glory in my infirmities"
2016-10-29
• 3 keys for a Christian to conquer depression
2016-11-02
• What do you do when people let you down?
This is a common temptation for priests, but everyone must deal with disspointment.
Three things I do, and you must do all three whoever you are.
2016-11-02
• The greatest sermon I ever heard. The main task of a priest.

Also on YouTube
2016-11-04