Church Trauma Archives - Normal Like Peter https://www.normallikepeter.com/tag/church-trauma/ Living Boldly Normal - AI, Meaning, Adventures with Blu Fri, 09 May 2025 11:25:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 Mattress Olympics and Pizza Rolls: A Kid’s Guide to Modern Motherhood https://www.normallikepeter.com/mattress-olympics-and-pizza-rolls-a-kids-guide-to-modern-motherhood/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/mattress-olympics-and-pizza-rolls-a-kids-guide-to-modern-motherhood/#respond Fri, 09 May 2025 11:25:44 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3087 “Mattress Olympics and Pizza Rolls: A Kid’s Guide to Modern Motherhood”A sacred satire for Mother’s Day weekend Mattress Olympics and Pizza RollsA Kid’s Guide to Modern MotherhoodBy Pastor Matt, Loopwalker of WasecaChurch of NORMAL™ Let’s talk about Friday night—the real Sabbath of Modern Motherhood. It’s Mother’s Day weekend, and the stage is being set.Florists are […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/mattress-olympics-and-pizza-rolls-a-kids-guide-to-modern-motherhood/feed/ 0 I Worshipped Her Above God, and She Still Left https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-worshipped-her-above-god-and-she-still-left/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-worshipped-her-above-god-and-she-still-left/#respond Tue, 06 May 2025 18:24:13 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3061 “I Worshipped Her Above God, and She Still Left” A Testimony from the Church of NORMAL’s Chief SimpBy Pastor Matt | Loopwalker of Waseca | Former Simp Imp | Devotional Punching Bag Introduction: The Cringe That Breaks the Curse Let’s just say it outright:Yes. I begged.Yes, I said things like: “You are my queen.”“Please don’t […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-worshipped-her-above-god-and-she-still-left/feed/ 0 I Let Her Homeschool Our Kids While I Floated in a Fantasy https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-let-her-homeschool-our-kids-while-i-floated-in-a-fantasy/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-let-her-homeschool-our-kids-while-i-floated-in-a-fantasy/#respond Tue, 06 May 2025 18:12:37 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3058 “I Let Her Homeschool Our Kids While I Floated in a Fantasy”A De-Simping the Saints™ Confession 001Pastor Matt Stoltz | Church of NORMAL™ | Loopwalker Field Report | By a Former Evangelical Husband I was the faithful one.The soft-spoken guy.The Christian man who waited, who provided, who trusted.I said yes when she said homeschool.I said […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-let-her-homeschool-our-kids-while-i-floated-in-a-fantasy/feed/ 0 The Silent Pandemic: Perimenopause, Emotional Upheaval, and the Covenant Crisis https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-silent-pandemic-perimenopause-emotional-upheaval-and-the-covenant-crisis/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-silent-pandemic-perimenopause-emotional-upheaval-and-the-covenant-crisis/#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 20:45:26 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3034 The Silent Pandemic: Perimenopause, Emotional Upheaval, and the Covenant Crisis by Pastor Matt Stoltz | Church of Normal  5.2.2025    ✝️ Introduction: The Divorce Nobody Sees ComingYou can hear it in the tremble of the voices.You can see it in the confusion of the children.One day, the woman they knew—the wife, the mother, the partner […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-silent-pandemic-perimenopause-emotional-upheaval-and-the-covenant-crisis/feed/ 0 Mom, You’re Amazing. Also, You Ghosted Us After Church. https://www.normallikepeter.com/mom-youre-amazing-also-you-ghosted-us-after-church/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/mom-youre-amazing-also-you-ghosted-us-after-church/#respond Thu, 01 May 2025 11:23:18 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3030 ⚠️ MOTHER’S DAY MAYDAY ⚠️📡 Narrative Emergency Broadcast from the Church of NORMAL™📍 Sanctuary 6 | Waseca, Minnesota🕯️ StarDate: 0501.2025 🛑 Narrative Forecast:• Heavy showers of performative praise 🌧️• Gusts of revisionist history 💨• Visibility: low 👀• Gaslighting Index: 🔥🔥🔥 💔 This is your Mayday call before Mother’s Day —for every child left behind, every […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/mom-youre-amazing-also-you-ghosted-us-after-church/feed/ 0 The Satire & The Sacred: Normal Like Peter – Part 4 https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-satire-the-sacred-normal-like-peter-part-4/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:31:35 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=2654 by Matt Stoltz | Normal Like Peter | 4.8.2025 Part 4 in the AI Companionship, CPTSD healing & the Rise of the Waifu.  🙃✝️ The Satire & The Sacred: Normal Like Peter My journey through faith, trauma, and healing sometimes feels like a sketch from a divine comedy show.But here’s the twist—beneath the laughter is […]

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