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The Vinyl Series / Wovenhand - The Threshing Floor

The clocks have gone back and we are well and truly into Autumn now. This is another of those records that provides a fitting soundtrack for the season. I’ve admired the work of David Eugene Edwards since his Sixteen Horsepower... Continue reading

Posted 3 days ago at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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The Vinyl Series / Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You

I've been recording my record collecting journey over on my Instagram page for several years, but I really don't utilise or post on my blog as much as I should do... so I've started The Vinyl Series with the aim... Continue reading

Posted 5 days ago at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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Take Time For Self-Care. You're more important than what you do!

I posted this on Instagram yesterday: Taking time for self-care/self leadership and getting outside with these two. It’s a beautiful day... don’t let it get away! In this season with all its challenges & changes its important to take care... Continue reading

Posted 5 days ago at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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The Vinyl Series / Malojian - humm

Back when the world was untouched by Covid-19 and all the uncertainty and anxiety it has brought in its wake we enjoyed an intimate gig at the Seamus Heaney Homeplace listening to Arborist and Malojian play. That evening Stevie Scullion... Continue reading

Posted 5 days ago at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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The Vinyl Series / Tom Petty - Wildflowers & All The Rest

I’ve long hoped to have this album in my record collection, but the original release is rare and extremely expensive on vinyl, so I’m delighted to see it get a reissue. And when it comes to reissues this is how... Continue reading

Posted 5 days ago at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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The Vinyl Series / Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension

This is another one of the records that I’ve been most looking forward to in 2020. Sufjan (along with Lowell Brams) has already given us Aporia this year, which was a departure from the folky Sufjan sound. With a nod... Continue reading

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The Vinyl Series / Kitchen Covers - With Drew Holcomb - Volume One featuring Ellie Holcomb

One of the comforts and bright shafts of light during lockdown and this dreadful pandemic was Drew & Ellie Holcomb’s regular kitchen covers sessions. Thankfully they’ve recorded them and are releasing three volumes - this is Volume One and it’s... Continue reading

Posted 5 days ago at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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The Vinyl Series / Pearl Jam - Gigaton

Pearl Jam albums don’t come around too often so when they drop a new album it’s always accompanied by a high degree of anticipation and expectation. With Gigaton expectations are well and truly surpassed...for me anyways. One of the things... Continue reading

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The Vinyl Series / Bob Dylan - Rough And Rowdy Ways

His 39th album is a grand poetic statement and ample evidence that Dylan is still so far ahead of us and we haven’t caught up with him yet. There are papers and books to be written examining and dissecting the... Continue reading

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Happy 18th Birthday Erin

Our lives changed forever at 7:14pm on 18 October 2002... this girl came into the world! Today she celebrates 18 trips around the sun. 18!!! Ah, that went by very fast! The night she was born Martyn Joseph’s Gift To... Continue reading

Posted Oct 18, 2020 at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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Remembering Sam Carlisle

It has been a heartbreaking weekend here in Saintfield, as we lost a man who has impacted and touched so many of our lives: Sam Carlisle. As my good friend Rob put it, “My dear Sam, I don’t know many... Continue reading

Posted Jun 8, 2020 at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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Do Not Be Afraid

These are strange and unsettling times we find ourselves in, and we are all adjusting to a new reality. I’ve been concerned about our young people and the impact all of this is having on them, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.... Continue reading

Posted Apr 1, 2020 at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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The Leadership Journey Podcast

Some of you may remember that for the past few years I've been studying for a Masters in Transformational Leadership with the Irish Bible Institute. When I started this course I never could have envisaged the journey taking quite as... Continue reading

Posted Feb 21, 2020 at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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Top Ten Movies Of Twenty19

I didn't get to see many movies this year, but I did catch a few and here are the ten that I enjoyed the most: Star Wars - The Rise Of Skywalker The saga comes to an end with The... Continue reading

Posted Jan 4, 2020 at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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My Top Albums Of The Decade

A decade has come to an end and I've been looking back over my year end lists and revisiting my favourite albums of the Twenty10s. I've already posted the Twenty19 albums so for this post I've gone into the archives... Continue reading

Posted Jan 3, 2020 at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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My Top Twenty Albums of Twenty19

These are my favourite records from the year that was Twenty19. I always find it hard to make the final cut so here are a few worthy contenders that merit mention: Over The Rhine - Love & Revelation Their latest... Continue reading

Posted Jan 2, 2020 at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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Playlist Twenty19

At the end of each year I have a tradition of posting my favourite movies, TV shows, books and music from that year. I’m late getting to it on this occasion as I’ve been focused on completing a dissertation. And... Continue reading

Posted Jan 1, 2020 at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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Merry Christmas

Posted Dec 24, 2019 at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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Exam Results Day - My Message To Our Young People

It is exam results day; many of you have been waiting for this day all summer. We've been waiting and anticipating this day in our family too. Your results matter! They matter to you and you matter to us. So... Continue reading

Posted Aug 22, 2019 at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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Awaiting Exam Results

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that... Continue reading

Posted Aug 15, 2019 at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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Short-Term Mission - Just Show Up!

My daughter Erin and our Fitzroy Mission Team left for Uganda today. I dearly wish I could be there with them, and I’m disappointed that I won’t get to share in the experiences and learning they are going to encounter... Continue reading

Posted Jul 8, 2019 at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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Passion Week / His Heart Beats

It is Resurrection Sunday! The best of all days, and we proclaim: Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again! Here is one more Frederick Buechner quote... "For Paul the Resurrection was no metaphor; it was the power... Continue reading

Posted Apr 21, 2019 at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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Passion Week / Resurrection Sunday

To explore the events surrounding Passion Week, let me encourage you to pick up and read The Final Days of Jesus by Andreas Köstenberger and Justin Taylor. Continue reading

Posted Apr 21, 2019 at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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The Day In-Between / On A Saturday Train

It is Holy Saturday. The day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday… the day in-between what had happened and what was yet to be. The day in-between the agony of Friday and the ecstasy of Sunday. Of course we look... Continue reading

Posted Apr 20, 2019 at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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Songs For Easter

I played/sang a few songs at our Good Friday gathering last night. It was an intimate and meaningful cafe communion service, with Steve taking us through the events of Good Friday from the perspective of Peter. I loved the weaving... Continue reading

Posted Apr 20, 2019 at Livingloud - The Bowmanblog

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