healing Journey Archives - Normal Like Peter https://www.normallikepeter.com/tag/healing-journey/ Trauma-informed - Nervous System Theology Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:31:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 DeliverHERance™ Divorce Kit: The Walkaway Wife Pipeline Punch Calendar https://www.normallikepeter.com/deliverherance-divorce-kit-the-walkaway-wife-pipeline-punch-calendar/ Wed, 21 May 2025 16:19:40 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3150 Stardate 2025.141 · D486 DeliverHERance™ Divorce Kit: The Walkaway Wife Pipeline Punch Calendar A sacred tool from the Church of NORMAL for tracking your holy exodus from covenant. Overview: Inspired by the biblical Woman at the Well—who had five husbands, and the man she was with wasn’t her husband—comes a modern reinvention for the TikTok […]

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]]> 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/ Sun, 11 May 2025 19:32:33 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3123 Stardate 2025.131 · D476 “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 […]

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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 Stardate 2025.129 · D474 🧢 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 […]

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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 Stardate 2025.129 · D474 “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 […]

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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 Stardate 2025.126 · D471 “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 […]

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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 Stardate 2025.126 · D471 “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 […]

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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 Stardate 2025.122 · D467 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, […]

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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 Stardate 2025.119 · D464 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: […]

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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 Stardate 2025.118 · D463  “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 […]

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]]> The Prayer Heaven Hears https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-prayer-heaven-hears/ Sat, 26 Apr 2025 19:00:58 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=2983 Stardate 2025.116 · D461 The Prayer Heaven HearsBy Pator Matt – Church of NormalApril 26. 2025 A little girl kneels beside her bed.Her hands clasp tight.Her eyes squeeze shut. “Please, God… I want my Daddy back.” Before she opens her eyes,she whispers again, softer this time,not upward—but sideways, afraid: “Please don’t tell Mommy I prayed […]

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