Healing Archives - Normal Like Peter https://www.normallikepeter.com/tag/healing/ Trauma-informed - Nervous System Theology Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:35:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 The 911 House: When Your Faith Was Built for Emergencies https://www.normallikepeter.com/field-notes-built-for-emergencies/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=5719 Some of us didn't build a home for our faith. We built a triage center. And now we're wondering why we can't rest inside it.

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]]> Sermon: When the Spirit Ghosted Me https://www.normallikepeter.com/field-notes-when-the-silence-broke-something/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=5718 What do you do when the God who promised to never leave you... stops answering? This sermon is for everyone who's been ghosted by the Holy Spirit.

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]]> I Thought My Wedding Night Would Fix Me https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-thought-my-wedding-night-would-fix-me/ Mon, 12 May 2025 11:35:48 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3074 Stardate 2025.132 · D477 🍷 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 […]

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]]> Glow Up & Go Out Honoring Moms Who Need Space https://www.normallikepeter.com/glow-up-go-out-honoring-moms-who-need-space/ Sat, 10 May 2025 08:22:19 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3097 Stardate 2025.130 · D475 🌸 Glow Up & Go Out 🌸 Honoring Moms Who Need SpaceA Mother’s Day Service Brought to You by Church of NORMAL™ WELCOME!This Sunday we honor the brave, bold, boundary-setting women who gave birth to their children… and then left them with Wi-Fi and frozen burritos so they could go reclaim […]

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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 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 “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 Stardate 2025.120 · D465 The “Walk Away Wife” Pipeline: How Evangelical TikTok Coaches Are Selling Divorceđź“… April 30, 2025đź“ŤSanctuary 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 […]

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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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