Steve Stockman

The Women In My Life

this is a wheeker of a record...

WOMEN IN MY LIFE - GRANNY STOCKMAN I have a lot of women in my life... the same as Jesus birth, death and resurrection but a lot more than in our pulpits... My Pause For Thought on BBC Radio 2

WOMEN IN MY LIFE - GRANNY STOCKMAN... I have a lot of women in my life... the same as Jesus birth, death and resurrection but a lot more than in our pulpits... My Pause For Thought on BBC Radio 2 open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

I will be on BBC Radio 2 around 5.45am... if you are and it... listen in...

ÁSGEIR - JULIA A new Icelandic voice to me... lush introspective songs that will help you chill and surmise your inner soul... it's a lovely thing...

ÁSGEIR - JULIA - A new Icelandic voice to me... lush introspective songs that will help you chill and surmise your inner soul... it's a lovely thing... open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

U2 & HUGH MASEKELA MAKE THE SOUND OF THE KINGDOM 9 March 87 and Joshua Tree arrived. The song I've talk about and preached on most is I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For. Here's what I think is the definitive performance...

U2 & HUGH MASEKELA MAKE THE SOUND OF THE KINGDOM - 9 March 87 and Joshua Tree arrived. The song I've talk about and preached on most is I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For. Here's what I think is the definitive performance...
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THE STOCKI BENEDICTION Maybe the best 12 lines I ever wrote... They were the end of a poem from 1990 that have become my most requested words as I continually use them at service...

my most requested 12 lines... the Stocki Benediction... sstockman.substack.com/p/the-stocki...

THE JOY OF BELIEVING My biggest vocational faux pas? Remembering he funeral of Mo Bake... and the Joy of Believing... that was the theme for this morning's Pause For Thought...

my biggest vocational faux pas... and the joy of believing in what seemed like a not very joyous place... sstockman.substack.com/p/the-joy-of...

THE NIGHT U2 SIGNED MY BIBLE 39 years next week U2 arrived in a Belfast music store to celebrate the release of Joshua Tree that would launch them into the stratosphere... and they signed my Bible...

the night U2 signed my Bible. It was 39 years ago this very midnight. Joshua's Tree was released March 9, 1987.... we were there! sstockman.substack.com/p/the-night-...

PILGRIMS - WINTERING Paul Noonan gets back in the studio with former Juniper and Bell X1 pianist Brian Crosby for a quiet atmospheric set of songs with Noonan usual imaginative lyrics... an It=rish Record of 2026 already!

PILGRIMS - WINTERING - Paul Noonan gets back in the studio with former Juniper and Bell X1 pianist Brian Crosby for a quiet atmospheric set of songs with Noonan usual imaginative lyrics... an Irish Record of 2026 already! open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

THE RELENTLESSNESS We live in a world that is relentless in its pounding and pressure on our fragile souls...

THE RELENTLESSNESS - We live in a world that is relentless in its pounding and pressure on our fragile souls... open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

A SHORT FUNERAL TRIBUTE & SHORT PRAYER my cousin Sharon's husband Alastair McNeill passed away. Too young. Here's my short tribute from the Thanksgiving Service... and a prayer sent by test to those left in grief...

A SHORT FUNERAL TRIBUTE & SHORT PRAYER - my cousin Sharon's husband Alastair McNeill passed away. Too young. Here's my short tribute from the Thanksgiving Service... and a prayer sent by test to those left in grief... open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

THE JOY OF BELIEVING My biggest vocational faux pas? Remembering he funeral of Mo Bake... and the Joy of Believing... that was the theme for this morning's Pause For Thought...

a vocational faux pas... a funeral wit a difference... the joy of believing! sstockman.substack.com/p/the-joy-of...

ANNA BURNS - MILKMAN for World Book Day, here's one of my favourites from a few years ago... a fascinating study of the intense life lived in Belfast through the Troubles... eccentric in grammar, insightful in its content

ANNA BURNS - MILKMAN - for World Book Day, here's one of my favourites from a few years ago... a fascinating study of the intense life lived in Belfast through the Troubles... eccentric in grammar, insightful in its content open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

Back on BBC Radio 2 at 5.45 in the morning with a Pause For Thought on the Joy of Believing! See you there?????

thank you

THE STOCKI BENEDICTION Maybe the best 12 lines I ever wrote... They were the end of a poem from 1990 that have become my most requested words as I continually use them at service...

THE STOCKI BENEDICTION - Maybe the best 12 lines I ever wrote... They were the end of a poem from 1990 that have become my most requested words as I continually use them at service... open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

U2 turned up... Joshua Tree... signed Bibles... wonderful

My commentary on West Wing's 2 Cathedrals episode...

THE NIGHT U2 SIGNED MY BIBLE 39 years next week U2 arrived in a Belfast music store to celebrate the release of Joshua Tree that would launch them into the stratosphere... and they signed my Bible...

THE NIGHT U2 SIGNED MY BIBLE - 39 years next week U2 arrived in a Belfast music store to celebrate the release of Joshua Tree that would launch them into the stratosphere... and they signed my Bible... open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

WEST WING; Two Cathedrals... TV Series West Win is for me why God made moving pictures... I learned so much about American politics, the world, God and myself... here's my favourite two parter!

WEST WING; Two Cathedrals... TV Series West Wing is for me why God made moving pictures... I learned so much about American politics, the world, God and myself... here's my favourite two parter!
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MUMFORD & SONS - PRIZEFIGHTER Marcus Mumford calls it his fave Mumford & Sons record and the one where he is happiest with its statement... I surmise what the album is like and what that statement might be...

another Mumford & Sons record... 11 months after the last... full of collaborations... free flowing... sstockman.substack.com/p/mumford-an...

CHARLIE PEACOCK - ROOTS & RHYTHM; A LIFE IN MUSIC Charlie Peacock, artist, producer, thinker, family man, friend... it's all here in a music memoir that gives you more than most...

Book Of The Week... Charlie Peacock's memoir... sstockman.substack.com/p/charlie-pe...

U2: DAYS OF ASH my very first thoughts on U2's Days Of ash, released on Ash Wednesday... I seriously doubted my love of them anymore and then they take on the world in prophetic voice and I realise I still need them.

whatever the Naysayers say… this is a good piece of work… and vital for these mad times… U2’s Lenten prophecy… Days Of Ash…
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PEACE BEYOND... For those suffering life's tragic injustices... prayers for a peace beyond understanding... a God beyond us... among us...

PEACE BEYOND... For those suffering life's tragic injustices... prayers for a peace beyond understanding... a God beyond us... among us...
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In Conversation With Andy White - 6th February - Fitzroy Presbyterian Church YouTube video by 4 Corners Festival

Andy White In Conversation with me at this year's 4 Corners Festival Belfast... have a wee look... it is fascinating where it goes... www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3Rh...

MUMFORD & SONS - PRIZEFIGHTER Marcus Mumford calls it his fave Mumford & Sons record and the one where he is happiest with its statement... I surmise what the album is like and what that statement might be...

my thoughts on the brand new Mumford & Sons record, Prizefighter... sstockman.substack.com/p/mumford-an...

MUMFORD & SONS - PRIZEFIGHTER Marcus Mumford calls it his fave Mumford & Sons record and the one where he is happiest with its statement... I surmise what the album is like and what that statement might be...

MUMFORD & SONS - PRIZEFIGHTER - Marcus Mumford calls it his fave Mumford & Sons record and the one where he is happiest with its statement... I surmise what the album is like and what that statement might be...
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GEORGE HARRISON - LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLLD For George Harrison's birthday, my personal. review of his 1973 record Living In The Material World... praying one minute... sueing you the next... fascinating stuff... I am even wearing the t-shirt!

GEORGE HARRISON - LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD - For George Harrison's birthday, my personal. review of his 1973 record Living In The Material World... praying one minute... sueing you the next... fascinating stuff... I am even wearing the t-shirt! open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

my thoughts on U2's song The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)...