Andrew McFarland Campbell

Why I share my pronouns

I have recently started to share my pronouns. I let people know that the appropriate pronouns to use for me are “he”, “him”, and “his”. For example, in my email signature I have the line “Pronouns: he/him/his”. This is just the contemporary way of saying “I am male”. It is similar to the more traditional […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 2 years agoAugust 7, 2022

Christadelphian Christianity Gay

“To avoid fornication”: 1 Corinthians 7 and same-sex relationships

I recently read something that said 1 Corinthians 7:2 was proof that same-sex marriage was wrong. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 1 Corinthians 7:2, KJV Does this verse show that same-sex relationships are wrong? The answer is no, and I am […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 2 years agoJuly 14, 2022

Christadelphian Christianity

No news is good news

A few weeks ago, I was having lunch with a couple of colleagues. We got to talking about some current news stories. Throughout my career I have had the privilege of working with a very diverse group of people: people of different nationalities, different specialities, different educational backgrounds, different social and economic backgrounds, different sexual […]

Andrew McFarland Campbell 2 years agoJune 5, 2022

Christadelphian Christianity Gay

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 3 years 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 3 years 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 3 years 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 3 years 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 4 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 7 years agoJuly 24, 2022

HIV

Remembrance, Solidarity, Celebration

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

Andrew McFarland Campbell 8 years agoJuly 16, 2022