FEATURED SECTIONS

Essays and Dissertations written for Masters in Theology, 2006 / 2007
Stocki went back to study in 2006 / 2007, except this time he did some work... [ More ]

Thoughts ... From A Kia Pregio
Stocki's reviews and thoughts on his experiences in Cape Town [ More ]

Daily Ireland
Stocki's Contributions to the Daily Ireland Publication... [ More ]

Stocki on Life
Stocki's Contributions to the Faith for Life Magazine... [ More ]

From the Corner of Bayswater and 5th
A diary of Stocki's sabbatical visit to Regent College, Vancouver... [ More ]

What do You Do in Capetown
Stocki looks at his Student trip to Cape Town and asks questions about evangelism and the error of Bible Reading as an end in itself... among other things... [ More ]

George Best - Tribute to a Hero
A tribute the legendary soccer player who died 25.11.2005. He was my first hero, the reason I wanted long hair and the greatest footballer of all time... [ More ]

Other - Stuff that didn't fit anywhere else
Gems not to be missed such as For God & Ulster?, Evangelical Imagination, Who Do You Say That I Am?, Close Enough To Whisper, Reflections on Christmas and a New Year and Dealing With Disillusionment [ More ]

Stumblings and Tumblings
Sometimes when Stocki has a few free minutes he pens a few words on anything that's current. It includes sport, news, politics, current affairs and much much more. [ More ]

Quote of the Day
Occasionally Stocki feels moved to register a pertinent quote of the day. [ More ]

Kevin Ponders
Our young, disillusioned Christian ponders life and faith. [ More ]

In the Growing
In The Growing was developed in booklet form and it includes 28 meditations based on the teaching provided by Steve during the course of the year 1997/1998. We trust and pray that its online version will be of blessing to you. [ More ]

FEATURED ARTICLES

From Darkness til Dawn
The script of Stocki's BBC Radio Ulster Easter Meditation... [ More ]

Vocation, Vocation, Vocation
Stocki attempts to squeeze three Sunday nights of teaching to his students on vocation into 750 words for an article for IFES Ireland... [ More ]

sad...and beautiful place - a foreword
Impressed by the quality of writing on his blog, Stocki and his collaborator Gordon Ashbridge asked Alain Emerson to write a foreword to their new book... space meant it was sadly edited... here is the full script... [ More ]

sad...and beautiful place - the Stocki interview
With Stocki's new book collaboration with photographer Gordon Ashbrdige being launched on March 3rd @ Derryvolgie Hall, Belfast @ 8pm staff writer Luke McAuley caught up with our web side host and chatted about the book... [ More ]

Let us not get too sure of our Biblically based selves
A Christmas thought from Stocki... that might shake those of us who think we have it all understood... Happy Christmas! [ More ]

David McWilliams Forgotten from Ballymena History - why?
David McWilliams had a Europe-wide best-selling single in 1967 with Days Of Pearly Spencer. He was from my hometown but no one told me for forty years. How could he have been overlooked and what does it say about my hometown... [ More ]

Mixing Emotions in Art
Written for a concert recently Stocki explains the context too... uniting of emotions is one of the many prophetic stimulants of art... [ More ]

Come Down off the Fence
An article about Fair Trade that Stocki has written for an American Woman's magazine! [ More ]

Preparing for University
Stocki is of course a University Chaplain and wrote this article for the Presbyterian Herald... [ More ]

Bruce Springsteen, Sgt Pepper and Revelation 19 - a sermon
Stocki preached this sermon in Fisherwick Presbyterian Church... it sits well alongside his other recent sermon MULTI-LAYERED SALVATION... it could be the springboard to his M.Th dissertation too... [ More ]

Multi Layered Salvation against the God of Consumerism
Stocki's end of year sermon in his Chaplaincy has him dissatisfied with outworkings of salvation... worth reading it alongside his other sermon Bruce Springsteen, Sgt Pepper and Revelation 19... [ More ]

Bob Geldof at Queen's University
Stocki picks out some inspirational stuff from a Bob Geldof's R M Jones Lecture at Queens University Belfast... [ More ]

A Tribute to Lindsay Emerson 13.9.1983 - 22.4.2007
A tribute to Stocki's former student, former work colleague and dear friend Lindsay Emerson... This is what Stocki shared at the funeral... [ More ]

The Mystery of Evil
Stocki ponders the events of Virginia Tech... [ More ]

No Art No Grace
Stocki thinks out loud about some thoughts he is conjuring as he studies art and transformation... he opens up the thought of grace and how it is impotent without the artist to give it power... [ More ]

Stocki Interview about his Taste in Music
Stocki did a lunchtime interview with Pastor Trevor Brock at Great Victoria Baptist in Belfast today about faith and music. Though this is a little edited in places and expanded in other places the questions are all Trevor’s and the answer’s are interesting... [ More ]

Walking the Line with Johnny Cash
A kind of review blurring into sermon - a flavour of the JOHNNY CASH NIGHT that Stocki did at Fisherwick Presbyterian Church recently... [ More ]

The Amish Forgive the Murderer of their Children 1
a quick thought from Stocki on the recent shootings in Lancaster County, Pennsylvannia and the light that this wonderful people have sent out in the dark... [ More ]

The Amish Forgive the Murderer of their Children 2
Stocki follows up his last article on the Amish of Pennsylvania with thoughts on why Jesus used both salt and light as illustrations of our influence on society... [ More ]

Blessed are the Poor - A Meditation
This is Stocki's 2006 end of year sermon at Chaplaincy and is a two year meditation he has had on blessed are the poor... rooted in real Cape Town experiences and Scriptural reflection... [ More ]

A Prophet's Ghost Still Whispers
Walter Rauschenbusch was an early 20th Century prophet who challenged his evangelical community to look out from their private faith and build the Kingdom of God... Stocki assesses his thought for then and now... these are the bits not deep enough for his Masters Paper! [ More ]

Art, Social Justice and The Bible
Stocki simply untangles or unravels some thoughts in his head on art, social justice and change... with reference to South Africa and Northern Ireland particularly... [ More ]

The Cost of the Christmas Portrait
Stocki's 2005 meditation on Christmas where he sees the art of it all and is then disturbed by the response of the believers with the Word Of God... [ More ]

Christmas Prayer 2005
Every year Stocki takes his involvement in the Queens University Carol Service as a chance to reflect on the spiritual provocation of the season. Here is what he prayed last night... [ More ]

Ubuntu - A few thoughts in process
Stocki allows you in on some things he is untangling while in Vancouver... here he shows in his thoughts on Ubuntu how the process of sabbatical is working out... [ More ]

End of Term Sermon at Derryvolgie 2005 - Open Sky or Ferry Boat
Stocki asks how we live life in all its fulness...with reference to Jonathan Livingston Seagull and something Jesus said...with a little bit of Radiohead thrown in... [ More ]

Fair Trade - the Stories in your Shopping Bag
On Fair Trade Fortnight Stocki looks at Fair Trade...the UK's successes...the new fashion line of Ali Hewson...and the Kingdom of God... [ More ]

Hurtling Heavenly Meteorite
A meditation on the Christmas story when a meteorite hits the soul and the world order to knock everything upside down... [ More ]

46664 - The CDs / DVDs
A World Aids day repeat of Stocki's review of the products that recorded the 46664 concert that took place in Cape Town in November 2003. Visit the 46664 web site now... [ More ]

Stocki - The Jennifer Ryan Interview
Earlier in the year Stocki was interviewed by freelnace Texan journalist Jennifer Ryan - Jennifer herself called the questions adversarial. It is hot and controversial about ministry, cultural engagement and Stocki's two books Walk On and The Rock Cries Out... [ More ]

Freedom before Freedom came
A phrase thrown out while Stocki was touring Robben Island in the summer sent his mind racing about his reason for living... [ More ]

The Poor ... Blessed?
First in a series of meditations on "Blessed are the poor..." from Stocki's collision of township and Scripture in Cape Town this past summer.. [ More ]

The Fence that Divides Fair Trade and Oppression
Stocki reflects on a visit to a Fair Trade situation in Cape Town and the magnitude of the challenge it brought... [ More ]

The Rock Cries Out - interviews and review
Luke McAuley chats to Stocki about his follow up book to Walk On, The Rock Cries Out; Discovering Eternal Truth in Unlikely Music which hit the US shops March 2005... Also on here is a link to a review and fuller interview with Stocki [ More ]

The Passion of the Christ - a review
Stocki gives his opinion on Mel Gibson's controversial movie... [ More ]

The Fruit of the Spirit - Growing up Spiritually
This is the script of a talk given by Stocki at Queens University Christian Union on November 6th 2003. Those who know him will know it probably turned out very different and more energetic live but here it is anyway...They wanted him to speak about the fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5... [ More ]

Mike Yaconelli - A personal obituary
Stocki shares his thoughts on the joyous life and tragic death of speaker, writer, Youth Ledership guru and hurricane of fun Mike Yaconelli... [ More ]

A Day in the Life of a University Chaplain
Asked to write this article for the Christian Irishman a publication for his denomination, the Presbyterian Church in Ireland Stocki walks you through a typical day in his life, though very few are typical... [ More ]

Paying Attention
The script for an article Stocki did for BBC Radio Ulster's Sunday Sequence on whether modern music has lost its prophetic edge... [ More ]

Christian Wins Big Brother Shock!
As the British press get their knives into Cameron, the Christian who won Big Brother UK, Stocki responds to Euan Ferguson's article in the Observer... [ More ]

Daily Reading Notes on Genesis 20-24
Daily Bread reading notes prepared by Stocki in the early part of 2003... [ More ]

Alarms and Surprises - Please!
This is an article that Stocki wrote for the essential British magazine Third Way. On reflection he and they were not convinced and decided to wait until later in the year when his new book would be out, the research would be better and the timing better too in a commercial kind of way!!! Still this gives you an insight into the books early direction... [ More ]

Shake Your Fists and Pick a Fight
Steve's transcript of his end of year sermon 2002 for Derryvolgie Hall in Windsor Presbyterian... [ More ]

McCarthy, Keane and the Question of Heroes
Stocki gives his assessment of the biggest news in Irish sporting history. He is proud to be Irish in the wake of Roy Keane being sent home... [ More ]

Stones ... Rolled Away
This is the script of a piece that Steve recorded as part of BBC Radio Ulster Easter 2002 series Darkness 'Til Dawn - Tim Winton, Max Lucado, Rich Mullins, Ashley Cleveland and U2 need a degree of thanks if not apology... [ More ]

Imagine That!
For a contribution to Northern Irish magazine Faith for Life, Stocki has done a 7" remix of some of his thought on imagining like God imagined... [ More ]

Imagine no Imagination
Stocki looks at imagination and the lack therof in Church and the need to fire it again - all with the help of prophets, Old Testament Professor Walter Brueggemann and the more usual David Gray, John Lennon and Bono... [ More ]

Northern Ireland Leads the Field in Worship
An article Stocki has written for NIMUSIC, a new magazine, on worship coming out of Northern Ireland. He's not a fan of that genre but he is impressed with local lads and lassies done good... [ More ]

I believe in Greenbelt
I once said on radio "Greenbelt saved my faith"... [ More ]

End of Term Sermon at Derryvolgie 2001
Here is the end of year sermon that Stocki preached at the Derryvolgie Hall Parents and Friends Service. It's about the mingling of modernity and postmodernity and how to work out what to keep and what to get rid of as we follow Jesus through the crossroads of those mindsets meeting... [ More ]

Be God's
This is a written version of a talk that Stocki gave at Queen's University, Belfast's Christian Union recently. It is based on a phrase that Rich Mullins always used when signing autographs and it could be another in Stocki's series IF ONLY JESUS SAID TO PETER "BE GOOD". HE DIDN'T. HE SAID, "BE GOD'S (FOLLOW ME)" [ More ]

Where is Jesus? A Habitat trip to South Africa
Stocki has written an account of his trip for Claremont Methodist News in Cape Town and thought you might like a read... [ More ]

Daily Reading Notes on Relationships
In February when Stocki spoke at YFC's Mannafest event he was asked to write Bible notes. Here they are... [ More ]

End of Term Sermon at Derryvolgie 2000
In an end of year Thanksgiving Service, Stocki took the words of Hanif Kureishi and St. Paul and warned that we will reap what we sow. There's a little insight to Stocki's vision for his work and some good depth charges of faith too... [ More ]

No Champagne Just Yet
Lots of friends from around the world have asked my views on the Irish situation at present. I've taken my time about responding but here goes... [ More ]

Icons of the New Millennium
If Nostradamus had been a preacher... [ More ]

If Only Jesus had said to Peter
This is a transcript from a seminar Stocki gave at Training Trevor a Youth Leadership Training Conference in September 1999. It was titled Leading Someone To Christ.It has been a wee bit refined since and can never quite portray energy, interaction and passion... [ More ]

Shawshank Redemption and a Help to our Own
Stocki had a weekend retreat type thing with his students and as they watched Shawshank Redemption he was inspired to think about our lives... [ More ]

The Command and the Promise about Our Youth
This is an article just written for WIDER WORLD a publication of The Presbyterian Church In Ireland. I was asked to look at the problem with church and youth... [ More ]

Rethinking the Nature of the World
Based on a sermon that Stocki preached last summer which itself was based on Douglas Coupland's novel GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA [ More ]

ECONI book - Crossing Borders
Steve has contributed to a new book of daily Bible readings. Spot the difference between his original thoughts and what got published! [ More ]

Amusing Yourself To Death
A 12" Remix of Steve's Address at The Presbyterian Church In Ireland's Youth Night, June 1997. [ More ]

The Scandal of Grace
Taken from the script of a talk given at Queen's University, Belfast, Christian Union in October 1998 and later printed in their magazine. [ More ]

Missions - A public confession of our failure to evangelise?
We live in a bright and loud world that is desperate for love, a world that is striving for significance... ...Yet that world passes a Church building every couple of hundred yards without a second glance as it invest it's soul in drugs, cheap sex, materialism, hedonism and fame. [ More ]

Perspective. The unseen. The eternal. Treasure.
Manchester United's David Beckham, Ryan Giggs may be all the news now but who can even name the United team that won the European Cup in 1968. Who could tell me that it was Stepney, Dunne, Brennan, Crerand, Foulkes, Stiles, Best, Kidd, Charlton, Sadler and Aston. Not many yet they were all big time news in May 1968. [ More ]