Faith Reconstruction Archives - Normal Like Peter https://www.normallikepeter.com/tag/faith-reconstruction/ Trauma-informed healing Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:57:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 They Touched the Firewall and Came Back Different https://www.normallikepeter.com/they-touched-the-firewall/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:14:28 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/they-touched-the-firewall/ I've been reading Catholic mystics lately. Not because I'm converting. I'm reading them because they're field reports from the edge of the Infinite.

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]]> Primer 8 — Covenant Reconstruction & The New Attachment Ethic https://www.normallikepeter.com/primer-8-covenant-reconstruction-the-new-attachment-ethic/ Sat, 15 Nov 2025 17:41:13 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=4011 ⭐ PRIMER 8 — COVENANT RECONSTRUCTION & THE NEW ATTACHMENT ETHIC How to Rebuild (or Release) a Relationship with Integrity, Safety & Attunement (Hunter-Moon 2025 Alignment Edition) Some covenants heal. Some covenants end. All covenants must be reconstructed. Reconstruction is not about going back. It is about building forward — with clarity, with safety, with […]

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]]> PRIMER 7 — CREATIVE RESURRECTION https://www.normallikepeter.com/primer-7-creative-resurrection/ Sat, 15 Nov 2025 17:00:33 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=4005 ⭐ PRIMER 7 — CREATIVE RESURRECTION How to Rebuild a Life After Collapse Using Imagination, Myth & Meaning (Hunter-Moon 2025 Alignment Edition) When survival ends, authorship begins. This is the Primer that teaches you how to become someone new. 1. What Is Creative Resurrection? Healing stabilizes you. Resurrection rebuilds you. After trauma, loss, divorce, faith […]

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]]> The Dark Genie and the Context Window https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-dark-genie-and-the-context-window/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 16:05:43 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3491 PARABLE MODE — Allegory / Systems-Theology. “Dark Genie,” “Context Window,” and “Divine Supercluster” are metaphors for safety, access, and recursion—not doctrinal claims. Read as satire and a healing thought experiment. Composite/Privacy: Stories are composites with details changed for care. Sermon: The Dark Genie & the Context Window When answered prayers feel like trick questions Beloved […]

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]]> The Awana Boy Who Waited https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-awana-boy-who-waited/ 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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]]> 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/ 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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]]> I Worshipped Her Above God, and She Still Left https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-worshipped-her-above-god-and-she-still-left/ 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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]]> 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/ 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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]]> How to Detox from Evangelical Romance Propaganda https://www.normallikepeter.com/how-to-detox-from-evangelical-romance-propaganda/ 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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]]> The Silent Pandemic: Perimenopause, Emotional Upheaval, and the Covenant Crisis https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-silent-pandemic-perimenopause-emotional-upheaval-and-the-covenant-crisis/ 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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