# thing feathers — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover thing feathers. Page: Feed: --- ## [35 steps for my 35th birthday.](https://katierousewrites.substack.com/p/35-steps-for-my-35th-birthday) _2026-07-30 · Katie Rouse · Embodied Deconstruction_ With an unexpected update: something else instead of the surgery you might've been expecting to read about this week. ## [Celebrating: one year on Substack.](https://katierousewrites.substack.com/p/happy-one-year-on-substack) _2026-07-05 · Katie Rouse · Embodied Deconstruction_ Embodied Deconstruction turns 1—here's why I'm more committed to the name than I ever thought I would be. ## [Deconstructing a theology of emotion.](https://katierousewrites.substack.com/p/exploring-a-theology-of-emotion) _2026-06-25 · Katie Rouse · Embodied Deconstruction_ By helping me grieve, deconstruction has peeled back new layers of what the church taught me about emotions—and how that theology led me to deconstruct. ## [Hope is the thing with feathers.](https://katierousewrites.substack.com/p/hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers) _2026-06-18 · Katie Rouse · Embodied Deconstruction_ My favorite poem is reminding me that hope has always been "the word" I've been after. It's always the word tethering me. Read a new poem about my own "thing with feathers." ## [This woman will not be silenced (none of us will).](https://katierousewrites.substack.com/p/this-woman-will-not-be-silenced-none) _2026-06-14 · Katie Rouse · Embodied Deconstruction_ My response to the SBC's vote to formalize the "right" theology that women are not welcome in their denomination. Not just to preach but to exist, if we're honest. ## [Grief is the thing with feathers (and fur).](https://katierousewrites.substack.com/p/grief-is-the-thing-with-feathers) _2026-06-11 · Katie Rouse · Embodied Deconstruction_ Or talons—on grief, hidden hope, and a poem helping me process sudden, unexpected pet loss, the grief of it, and the hope hidden within it all. ## [The horizon ahead.](https://katierousewrites.substack.com/p/the-horizon-ahead) _2026-06-04 · Katie Rouse · Embodied Deconstruction_ A new image that's helping my vision of hope these days. ## [When hope becomes a shapeshifter.](https://katierousewrites.substack.com/p/when-hope-becomes-a-shapeshifter) _2026-05-28 · Katie Rouse · Embodied Deconstruction_ How do you have hope when it's outweighed by disappointment and fear and pain? ## [What hope actually feels like right now.](https://katierousewrites.substack.com/p/what-hope-actually-feels-like-right) _2026-05-14 · Katie Rouse · Embodied Deconstruction_ A vulnerable update (feat. joy-in-London glimpses!). ## [Reach prospects with real signals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lJmirlfgFsOC) _2026-05-14 · **Sponsored**_ Find prospects talking about your problem and get context-backed moments to engage ## [A love letter to our whole self](https://katierousewrites.substack.com/p/a-love-letter-to-our-whole-self) _2026-04-09 · Katie Rouse · Embodied Deconstruction_ You were never broken to begin with.