Michael McFarland Campbell is an independent writer, hymnographer, and parish musician whose work is rooted in the landscapes, stories, and quiet rhythms of the Irish midlands. His writing weaves together faith, imagination, and the holiness of ordinary life, drawing on the places and people who shape the heart of Irish community.

Michael is the author of The Church is Open, a growing series of stories set in a fictional Irish city‑centre parish. These narratives explore the humour, humanity, and grace found in everyday parish life—the small kindnesses, the unexpected encounters, and the gentle resilience of people who keep showing up for one another. Through these stories, Michael offers a portrait of church that is open-hearted, grounded, and alive to the sacred in the ordinary.

He is also developing The Circuit of Care, a reflective series set in a fictional dialysis centre. These books explore dignity, compassion, and the quiet courage that unfolds in clinical spaces—the friendships formed in waiting rooms, the unspoken solidarity of patients and staff, and the deep humanity that persists even in the midst of vulnerability. The series continues Michael’s commitment to writing that honours real lives with tenderness and truth.

Alongside his creative work, Michael serves as a parish musician in the Diocese of Meath & Kildare, supporting worship through organ, hymnody, and collaborative liturgical planning. His hymn writing and liturgical texts are shaped by musicality, clarity, and a deep attentiveness to the communities who will sing or pray them. He is a member of the Irish Writers Centre (2025–2026), supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and contributes to communications and creative work within the Order of St John and St John Ambulance Ireland.

Michael’s writing—whether fiction, hymnody, or reflective prose—is grounded in a simple conviction: that grace is found in the ordinary, in the places where people gather, care for one another, and carry their stories with quiet courage. His work seeks to give voice to that grace, offering words that are humane, hopeful, and rooted in the landscapes and communities he calls home.

He lives in Monasterevin, Co. Kildare, with his husband Andrew and their two cats, in a home filled with music, books, and the gentle humour of shared life.