My Thought For The Day ... on what would have been her 100th birthday... my thanks to Queen Elizabeth II for her peace making

our hour with Pope Francis... who died a year ago today.

MY HOUR WITH POPE FRANCIS On the day that we remember the first anniversary of Pope Francis's death, I remember the hour that Janice and I enjoyed in his presence... I wrote this a few hours after...

OUR HOUR WITH POPE FRANCIS... On the day that we remember the first anniversary of Pope Francis's death, I remember the hour that Janice and I enjoyed in his presence... I wrote this a few hours after... open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

30 women killed in N. Ireland in 6 years... Maybe Joni has light to throw on the male psyche and what we need to sort...

QUEEN ELIZABETH II... 100 TODAY... THANK YOU... Queen Elizabeth II was born 100 years ago today and so I used her in my Thought For The Day as an example of how to do forgiveness and reconciliation in Ireland... Paddington and FA Cups get a mention

QUEEN ELIZABETH II... 100 TODAY... THANK YOU - Queen Elizabeth II was born 100 years ago today and so I used her in my Thought For The Day as an example of how to do forgiveness and reconciliation in Ireland... Paddington Bear and FA Cups get a mention...
open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

A WOMAN OF HEART AND MIND - JONI MITCHELL As Mojo feature 50 songs of Joni Mitchell's this month I feature one not in there and use it to highlight an inhumanity within our Northern Ireland culture... 30 women murdered in just 6 years!

A WOMAN OF HEART AND MIND - JONI MITCHELL - As Mojo feature 50 songs of Joni Mitchell's this month I feature one not in there and use it to highlight an inhumanity within our Northern Ireland culture... 30 women murdered in just 6 years! open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

MY RECORD STORE DAY PURCHASES yesterday was Record Store day with all kinds of limited editions... here are the 3 I bought... loving it! Thank you Jeremy Skillen

what I (or Jeremy Skillen) picked up at yesterdays's Record Store Day... a few tasty rarities here! sstockman.substack.com/p/my-record-...

PEACE PLAYLIST - FOR POPE LEO As Pope Leo and the Archbishop of Canterbury stand for peace while Trump, Vance et al want war.. here's a playlist for the Jesus Prince of Peace following subversives. PLAY LOUD! (ven the quiet ones)

My Playlist For Peace... sstockman.substack.com/p/peace-play...

ROME - IT'S BEAUTY... AND ITS SHADOW OVER THE GOSPEL an Ode to Rome... its beauty... but then in a statue I get a whole new take on the Gospels... and a road that Paul walked on that challenged and inspired...

Rome... it's beauty... and how it was a shadow across Jesus Gospel... sstockman.substack.com/p/rome-its-b...

YESTERDAY - A Favourite Film The great Beatles inspired Rom Com Yesterday was on BBC last night... it reminded me of my love for The Beatles and why it's up there with Notting Hill as my fav Rom Com...

Mentioned it today in my sermon... Yesterday one of my fave films reviewed... I love those Beatles... sstockman.substack.com/p/yesterday-...

A TRIBUTE TO MOYA BRENNAN (1952-2026) a short personal tribute to the Gaoth Dobhair singer Moya Brennan who died today... our time was brief but she never forgot...

My Tribute to the wonderful Moya Brennan who we so sadly lost this pass week... sstockman.substack.com/p/a-tribute-...

WORKING TOGETHER, ALL FOR PEACE Rory, Rome, hatred of pasta and meeting two Popes... particularly this time Pope Leo... what he said to us... and is saying to the world... PEACE!

My Thought For The Day replayed again this morning... on Pope Leo and Peace... sstockman.substack.com/p/working-to...

MY RECORD STORE DAY PURCHASES yesterday was Record Store day with all kinds of limited editions... here are the 3 I bought... loving it! Thank you Jeremy Skillen

MY RECORD STORE DAY PURCHASES - yesterday was Record Store day with all kinds of limited editions... here are the 3 I bought... loving it! Thank you Jeremy Skillen
open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

A Peace Playlist for Pope Leo...

PEACE PLAYLIST - FOR POPE LEO As Pope Leo and the Archbishop of Canterbury stand for peace while Trump, Vance et al want war.. here's a playlist for the Jesus Prince of Peace following subversives. PLAY LOUD! (ven the quiet ones)

As Pope Leo and the Archbishop of Canterbury stand for peace while Trump, Vance et al want war.. here's a playlist for the Jesus Prince of Peace following subversives. PLAY LOUD! (ven the quiet ones) sstockman.substack.com/p/peace-play...

ROME - IT'S BEAUTY... AND ITS SHADOW OVER THE GOSPEL an Ode to Rome... its beauty... but then in a statue I get a whole new take on the Gospels... and a road that Paul walked on that challenged and inspired...

ROME - IT'S BEAUTY... AND ITS SHADOW OVER THE GOSPEL - an Ode to Rome... its beauty... but then in a statue I get a whole new take on the Gospels... and a road that Paul walked on that challenged and inspired... open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

YESTERDAY - A Favourite Film The great Beatles inspired Rom Com Yesterday was on BBC last night... it reminded me of my love for The Beatles and why it's up there with Notting Hill as my fav Rom Com...

YESTERDAY - A Favourite Film - The great Beatles inspired Rom Com Yesterday was on BBC last night... it reminded me of my love for all things Beatles and why it's up there with Notting Hill as my fav Rom Com...sheer joy! open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

my personal tribute to Moya Brennan... a special human heart... and that voice, a gift from somewhere else.

WORKING TOGETHER, ALL FOR PEACE Rory, Rome, hatred of pasta and meeting two Popes... particularly this time Pope Leo... what he said to us... and is saying to the world... PEACE!

chatting to the Pope about PEACE... my Thought For The Day this morning on BBC Radio Ulster... sstockman.substack.com/p/working-to...

A TRIBUTE TO MOYA BRENNAN (1952-2026) a short personal tribute to the Gaoth Dobhair singer Moya Brennan who died today... our time was brief but she never forgot...

A TRIBUTE TO MOYA BRENNAN (1952-2026) - a short personal tribute to the Gaoth Dobhair singer Moya Brennan who died today... our time was brief but she never forgot...
open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

WORKING TOGETHER, ALL FOR PEACE Rory, Rome, hatred of pasta and meeting two Popes... particularly this time Pope Leo... what he said to us... and is saying to the world... PEACE!

WORKING TOGETHER, ALL FOR PEACE - Rory, Rome, hatred of pasta and meeting two Popes... particularly this time Pope Leo... what he said to us... and is saying to the world... PEACE!
open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

Thought For The Day in the morning... BBC Radio Ulster...Rome, how I hate pizza, Rory, two Popes and me... around 7.20am...

my original review of Bono's book Surrender... a precious spiritual thing...

BONO - SURRENDER; 40 Songs, One Story With all things U2 happening just now, here is my review of Bono's book Surrender that appeared in Premier Magazine in 2022...

BONO - SURRENDER; 40 Songs, One Story - With all things U2 happening just now, here is my review of Bono's book Surrender that appeared in Premier Magazine in 2022...
open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...

THE DATE ON MY TIME TRAVEL DIAL If I had a Back To The Future DeLorean with 1.21 gigawattz what date would I put in my time travel dial? My Thought For The Day this morning on Radio Ulster's GMU... my last Easter Surmise!

my Thought For The Day on Radio Ulster last week...live on location in Ballycastle... me in my Delorean time traveller... sstockman.substack.com/p/the-date-o...

HOW I BECAME A WAVE A review of Cork man Pat Carey's new album and colliding and creating it with James K A Smith's new book... "It is disruptively quiet. It is crammed with space." Reflective beauty throughout...

loving this record by Cork man Pat Carey... it collides with my reading of James KA Smith's new book... orchestrally quiet... sstockman.substack.com/p/how-i-beca...

I REMEMBER - ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT On this remembrance of a grace moment in our history in our wee place, I remember that societal peace takes longer, needs to go deeper and even in Churches we are unable to remember together...

my reflection on the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement... sstockman.substack.com/p/i-remember...

U2: EASTER LILY A song by song look at U2's Easter EP... cross, resurrection and Psalms as a resistance to the world... and maybe they've broken free of the curse of commerce too!

My review of U2's second EP of the Lenten season... Easter Lily... I think it gets better with every play... sstockman.substack.com/p/u2-easter-...

WHAT LOVE HAS DONE... AND IS DOING A mix of my Resurrection Sunday preach... with a U2 song central to the events of Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Enhanced by John Trinder bringing Vigilantes of Love's Double Cure in there afterwards!

my summation of what Easter did for me this year... with the help of U2... sstockman.substack.com/p/what-love-...

LIVE IN THE SMILES OF GOD - Robert Murray McCheyne Living in the smile of God... please... Celebrating 150 of Fitzroy's building led me to one of my predecessors Rev George Shaw knew famous Scottish preacher Robert Murray McCheyne.

LIVE IN THE SMILES OF GOD - Robert Murray McCheyne - Living in the smile of God... please... Celebrating 150 of Fitzroy's building led me to one of my predecessors Rev George Shaw knew famous Scottish preacher Robert Murray McCheyne. open.substack.com/pub/sstockma...