Andrew McFarland Campbell

Being Christadelphian and Gay

This article was originally published in Press On, a Christadelphian Journal. One of my earliest memories is being carried in my father’s arms to the front of the ecclesial hall, where I was presented with a book. It was my first Sunday School Prize Giving. I came from a Christadelphian family; although my father had […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 1 year agoJuly 24, 2022

Fiction

Bob

For as long as he could remember, Bob had wanted a job where he could work with birds. Robins, sparrows, starlings, peregrine falcons, and even penguins. He loved them all. When there was an opening at the local bird sanctuary he applied immediately. He got an interview. He thought he did well. He was able […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 1 year agoJuly 24, 2022

Christianity Gay

Why did Lot’s wife look back?

Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the Lord out of the heavens. Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land. But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:24-26, NIV Genesis 19 has the story of the destruction of Sodom, […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 1 year agoJuly 24, 2022

People worshipping a cow marked 'covid' and a wolf in rainbow fleece with the text 'If you are this wrong about covid ... you're probably wrong about LGBT people too.

Christadelphian Christianity

East Kilbride Christadelphians

Imagine that someone insisted that the sky was made of blue glass and the sun was a huge lightbulb. They are just obviously wrong. There is no nuance, no room for doubt. There would be no point in engaging with someone who held that opinion. They didn’t arrive at their conclusion rationally, so it is […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 1 year agoJuly 17, 2022

Christadelphian Christianity Gay

Will you weep with us too?

My name is Andrew McFarland Campbell, and I have been working to support LGBT Christadelphians in one way or another for a very long time. My notes on the subject go back as far as the early 1990s, starting around the time I was baptized. Over the years, I have had the privilege of getting […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 3 years agoJuly 24, 2022

Gay

Seven Years Ago Today

Seven years ago today, my life changed forever. Seven years and one day ago, my life was not in a good place. I was all but completely estranged from my family. I was single, and I was lonely. I had been the target of homophobia from a number of different directions, both low- and high-grade. […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 6 years agoJuly 24, 2022

HIV

Remembrance, Solidarity, Celebration

I wear a red ribbon for remembrance, for solidarity, and for celebration.

Andrew McFarland Campbell 7 years agoJuly 16, 2022

Christianity

Diversity and Equality

Diversity and equality are two things that we hear about a lot today. Both are terms that most of us probably understand, but they are curiously hard terms to define. An organisation can be said to be diverse if it has a wide range of different viewpoints on a particular issue represented among its members, […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 7 years agoJuly 26, 2022

Christianity

Graded Objectives in Modern Equality

Back in the early 1990s, I was studying for my GCSEs. The year before I sat my GCSE French exams, I sat another set of exams in French: a NISEAC Graded Objective in Modern Languages. The Graded Objective in French was essentially a GCSE-lite qualification. It was a subset of what GCSE French covered. After […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 7 years ago

Christianity Gay

Gaudy shirts and ill-fitting jeans: a response to Orlando

I’ve had about four hours sleep, and it is largely down to the news from Orlando. On Facebook, I have seen someone comment on PULSE, saying that it was a place where people in “ill-fitting jeans and gaudy shirts” could have a “good time”. Now, I suspect that I know more than most people about […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 7 years agoJuly 26, 2022