Legal — Normal Like Peter

Section I

Privacy

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Your visit here stays here.

Section II

Terms of Use

Nothing on this site constitutes therapy, counseling, medical advice, or professional mental health treatment.

The content here — the primers, the theology, the stories, all of it — is offered as educational frameworks for understanding, not prescriptions for action. What you do with it is your call, ideally made alongside people qualified to help you make it.

By using this site you accept the content as-is, with the disclaimers below. If something here doesn't sit right with you, you're free to close the tab — the door doesn't lock in either direction.

Section III

Disclaimers

This Is Not Therapy or Medical Advice

Normal Like Peter is an educational and spiritual resource. It is not therapy, not counseling, not clinical treatment, and not medical advice — and it is not a substitute for any of those things. This site discusses trauma and mental health at length; reading about the nervous system is not the same as working with someone trained to help yours.

Matt Stoltz is a pastor and an IT consultant, not a licensed therapist or medical professional. For clinical support, seek a licensed professional — especially one trained in trauma-informed modalities such as EMDR, IFS, or somatic experiencing.

Content Warning

This site discusses complex trauma (CPTSD), attachment wounds, nervous system dysregulation, marital collapse, faith deconstruction, and related topics. Some content may be activating. Go at your own pace, and step away whenever you need to.

If you are in crisis

988 — Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (call or text)
Crisis Text Line — text HOME to 741741
SAMHSA National Helpline — 1-800-662-4357
Or contact your local emergency services.

Sacred Satire

Some content on this site employs sacred satire. Characters such as Oracle Tiff, Escape Clause Jesus, and Pammy Whammy are fictional personas — archetypal representations designed to expose toxic systems, not attacks on real individuals.

The humor is aimed at institutions and systemic dysfunction, not at faith itself. If you're offended, that's probably the point. If you're hurt, that's not — reach out.

Section IV

Copyright & Attribution

All original content is by Matt Stoltz unless otherwise noted.

The Nervous System Theology primers are available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License — share freely with attribution. Commercial use requires written permission.

BluVerse characters and creative works are copyright Matt Stoltz / Church of NORMAL. Blog posts and other creative works are copyright Matt Stoltz.

Quote generously, link back, don't plagiarize.

Section V

Nonprofit Notices

Church of NORMAL is a Minnesota nonprofit ministry, founded in 2023 and filed as a Minnesota nonprofit in 2025. It operates on an open-source theology model: its teaching and content are freely available, and it carries no denominational affiliation.

There are no membership fees, no required tithes, and no offerings solicited on this site. The signal is free.

Questions about the ministry? Contact us or visit the Church of NORMAL.