All posts by Katherine Maxwell-Cook

Katherine, affectionally known as KMC to her nearest and dearest, is a maker of all sorts – story writer, poet, theatre producer, baker, bunting cutter, aspiring novelist. Thinking about transformation, justice, creativity and culture keep her mind buzzing when it should be sleeping. She lives as part of an intentional community on an estate in Kings Cross and you can follow her every move on that social network which everyone seems to like. She is currently the editor of Tearfund Rhythms (rhythms.org).

The gentrification of the Nativity

// "The birth of Christ is dangerous, shocking and uncomfortable."

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Ridding myself of the shoulds

// I know I should be content, but I'd like some more stuff please.

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Take a walk on the dark side

// "Perhaps we need to enter into our own darkness, to acknowledge the shame we feel and allow ourselves to be...

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Glastonbury: heaven or hell?

// The fans bellowed out the Mumfords’ blatant God-inspired songs of redemption, forgiveness, love and hope for the whole of Somerset...

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Wave the banner high

// The courage, tenacity and verve of the suffragettes is one which should inspire us all. It was far from the...

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Food glorious food!

// Hunger and I fell out a long time ago – probably when I was about six and tucking into homemade...

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Washing away the dirt that chokes

// By washing the feet of 12 young offenders in a penal institute, Pope Francis has begun his papal ministry with...

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Truth, lies and Pistorius

// We may never know what really happened between Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine’s day....

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Why I hate Christmas

// Ladies and gentlemen, Scrooge has entered the building...

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

The Hobbit: Little man takes on the world

// I had to ride a horse in a fat suit with prosthetic make-up on and rubber fingers.

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Shane Claiborne and the red-letter revolution

// People didn’t walk away from Jesus and say: “Man, he sure doesn’t like gay folks, or he’s so judgemental or...

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Am I free?

// The visceral reality of claustrophobia can be something I experience walking down the street or lying in my bed, wide...

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Greenbelt 2012: Mud-entrenched; justice-invoking

// I’ve given up on trying to scrape the mud off my rucksack and shoved the tent to the back of...

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Backstage with The Cardinals

// Stan's Cafe kick off Greenbelt festival with a whistlestop tour of the Bible

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Friedrich Nietzsche

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charity: water – September campaign focuses on Rwanda

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Beauty, death and Damien Hirst

// A retrospective at Tate Modern is every bit as challenging and stomach-churning as you might expect

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

‘Our natural instinct is to run away from suffering’

// For the past ten years Ash Barker has lived in the heart of Bangkok's largest slum.

Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Faith Jegede’s TED talk: Autism through a sibling’s eyes

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Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Gungor “God is not a white Man”

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Written by Katherine Maxwell-Rose