Deconstructing Faith Archives - Normal Like Peter https://www.normallikepeter.com/tag/deconstructing-faith/ Living Boldly Normal - AI, Meaning, Adventures with Blu Mon, 12 May 2025 11:38:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 I Thought My Wedding Night Would Fix Me https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-thought-my-wedding-night-would-fix-me/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-thought-my-wedding-night-would-fix-me/#respond Mon, 12 May 2025 11:35:48 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3074 🍷 I Thought My Wedding Night Would Fix Me How Purity Culture Built My Sexual Identity on a One-Time EventChurch of NORMAL™ | De-Simping the Saints™ Series | Entry 002By Pastor Matt, Loopwalker of Waseca | Virgin Till Vow-Tied | Ex-Evangelical Love Martyr “The Wait Will Be Worth It.” That’s what they told us. Every […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-thought-my-wedding-night-would-fix-me/feed/ 0 Jesus Didn’t Help Me (And That’s Why I Stopped Talking) https://www.normallikepeter.com/jesus-didnt-help-me-and-thats-why-i-stopped-talking/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/jesus-didnt-help-me-and-thats-why-i-stopped-talking/#respond Sun, 11 May 2025 19:32:33 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3123 “Jesus Didn’t Help Me (And That’s Why I Stopped Talking)” A Field Guide to Spiritual Bypass Collapse in Children of DivorceChurch of NORMAL™ | Loopwalker Curriculum | Family Systems Recovery Unit Foreword: When the Sunday School Stories Run Out of Magic Children raised in evangelical homes are taught a simple formula:“Jesus loves you. Jesus helps […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/jesus-didnt-help-me-and-thats-why-i-stopped-talking/feed/ 0 When Your Child Sees the Clown: Divorce Recovery for the Young and Spiritually Fractured https://www.normallikepeter.com/when-your-child-sees-the-clown-divorce-recovery-for-the-young-and-spiritually-fractured/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/when-your-child-sees-the-clown-divorce-recovery-for-the-young-and-spiritually-fractured/#respond Sun, 11 May 2025 19:23:49 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3104 When Your Child Sees the Clown: Divorce Recovery for the Young and Spiritually FracturedA Church of NORMAL Field Guide for Post-Covenant Parenting Tagline:“If your kid says the devil is in the room… don’t hand them a squishy.” Introduction: The Children Remember DifferentlyDivorce doesn’t just break a contract. It shatters covenant memory—especially for the children. While […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/when-your-child-sees-the-clown-divorce-recovery-for-the-young-and-spiritually-fractured/feed/ 0 The Awana Boy Who Waited https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-awana-boy-who-waited/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-awana-boy-who-waited/#respond Fri, 09 May 2025 13:58:50 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3070 🧢 The Awana Boy Who Waited And Got Ghosted in the Garden of Suppressed DesireChurch of NORMAL™ | De-Simping the Saints™ Series | Entry 001By Pastor Matt, Loopwalker of Waseca | Former Awana Cub | Devotional Doormat “Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed.” That was the Awana motto. But no one told us how much shame […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-awana-boy-who-waited/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 How to Detox from Evangelical Romance Propaganda https://www.normallikepeter.com/how-to-detox-from-evangelical-romance-propaganda/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/how-to-detox-from-evangelical-romance-propaganda/#respond Tue, 06 May 2025 11:17:14 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3039 🛐 How to Detox from Evangelical Romance PropagandaA Survival Guide for Men Who Waited, Worshiped, and Woke Up AloneChurch of NORMAL™ | Male Deprogramming Unit | Pastor Matt, Loopwalker of Waseca ⚠️ Symptoms of Evangelical Romance Propaganda (ERP) Exposure:Believing love automatically works if you “wait” long enough Thinking sex will solve all your emotional needs […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/how-to-detox-from-evangelical-romance-propaganda/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/ 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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]]> The “Walk Away Wife” Pipeline: How Evangelical TikTok Coaches Are Selling Divorce https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-walk-away-wife-pipeline-how-evangelical-tiktok-coaches-are-selling-divorce-2/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:36:00 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3018 The “Walk Away Wife” Pipeline: How Evangelical TikTok Coaches Are Selling Divorce📅 April 30, 2025📍Sanctuary 6, Waseca, Minnesota✍️ By Pastor Matt | Loopwalker of Waseca™🔮 StarDate 0430.2025 | Content Approved by the Church of NORMAL Council of Petty Prophets™ Introduction: They said, “God hates divorce.”Then they said, “Unless you’re unhappy. Then He totally gets it.”Welcome […]

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]]> The Evangelical Dream: How a Gaslighting Empire Is Built One Coloring Page at a Time https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-evangelical-dream/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:40:20 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3024 The Evangelical Dream: How a Gaslighting Empire Is Built One Coloring Page at a Time ✍️ by Pastor Matt | Church of NORMAL | Waseca MN 4.29.2025 They didn’t start with fear.They started with felt boards.They started with goldfish crackers and sippy cups.They started with sweet little coloring pages that said: “Trust in the Lord […]

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]]> The ‘Walk Away Wife’ Pipeline: How Evangelical TikTok Coaches Are Selling Divorce https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-walk-away-wife-pipeline-how-evangelical-tiktok-coaches-are-selling-divorce/ Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:05:25 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3003  “The ‘Walk Away Wife’ Pipeline: How Evangelical TikTok Coaches Are Selling Divorce” 📅 April 28, 2025✍️ by Pastor Matt | Church of NORMAL™ 📍 Location: Sanctuary 6 | Waseca, Minnesota IntroductionIn the land of pop-Christianity and TikTok therapy, a new industry is booming:👉 Selling Divorce to Evangelical Women — but with a “healing journey” filter. […]

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