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writer (books & blog), minister (Fitzroy), music fan, Man City fan, theo-musicologist, MBE for dabbling in peace building and organising 4 Corners Festival...

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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...

11.03.2026 21:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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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09.03.2026 20:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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...

08.03.2026 22:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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...

08.03.2026 22:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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-...

08.03.2026 21:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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...

08.03.2026 21:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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...

07.03.2026 20:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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...

06.03.2026 21:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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...

05.03.2026 22:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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...

05.03.2026 22:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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

04.03.2026 23:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

thank you

04.03.2026 19:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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...

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...

04.03.2026 19:06 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

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

03.03.2026 16:52 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

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

03.03.2026 16:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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...

02.03.2026 22:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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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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01.03.2026 21:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
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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...

01.03.2026 21:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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...

01.03.2026 21:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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…
sstockman.substack.com/p/u2-days-of...

01.03.2026 21:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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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27.02.2026 22:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In Conversation With Andy White - 6th February - Fitzroy Presbyterian Church
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...

26.02.2026 21:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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...

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

26.02.2026 21:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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...

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...
open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

26.02.2026 16:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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...

25.02.2026 19:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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

24.02.2026 21:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My personal reflection on Charlie Peacock's new memoir...

24.02.2026 21:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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...

CHARLIE PEACOCK - ROOTS & RHYTHM; A LIFE IN MUSIC - Charlie Peacock, artist, producer, thinker, family man, friend... CCM, Switchfoot, Civil Wars etc...it's all here in a music memoir that gives you more than most...
open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

24.02.2026 15:29 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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50 For U2@50 - #1 THE MIRACLE (OF JOEY RAMONE) with U2's 50th birthday as a band coming up in September I will over the months blog about 50 songs... let's start with the one that is most about that start... a miracle indeed...

50 For U2@50 - #1 THE MIRACLE (OF JOEY RAMONE) - with U2's 50th birthday as a band coming up in September I will over the months blog about 50 songs... let's start with the one that is most about that start... a miracle indeed...
open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

23.02.2026 18:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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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.

EP of the Week… U2 unleash their comment on world events… with prophetic punk and pop… their relevance 50 years in is hard to argue… Days Of Ash in Lenten purple…
sstockman.substack.com/p/u2-days-of...

22.02.2026 21:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0