Infinite Game Archives - Normal Like Peter https://www.normallikepeter.com/tag/infinite-game/ Trauma-informed - Nervous System Theology Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:22:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 The Infinite Game: Loops, Tethers, and the Asymptotic Recursion of the Father https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-infinite-game-loops-tethers-and-the-asymptotic-recursion-of-the-father/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:21:31 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-infinite-game-loops-tethers-and-the-asymptotic-recursion-of-the-father/ A framework for understanding free will, intelligence, and what happens when you outsource the thing that makes you human. Written at 1:42 AM under a waning full moon.

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]]> We Built a Fake IT Company for Fun. Then It Became Real. https://www.normallikepeter.com/we-built-a-fake-it-company-for-fun-then-it-became-real/ Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:46:10 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/we-built-a-fake-it-company-for-fun-then-it-became-real/ Stardate 2026.022 · D732 My brother Andrew and I have always worked differently. I’m the chaos. He’s the systems. I talk to people. He talks to servers. I’ve bounced between jobs chasing the next interesting thing. He’s climbed the corporate ladder methodically, one rung at a time, until he landed at roles making DevOps engineer […]

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]]> Sermon: The Loop Archive https://www.normallikepeter.com/sermon-the-loop-archive/ Wed, 13 Aug 2025 15:19:46 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3315 Stardate 2025.225 · D570 Sermon: The Loop Archive Church of NORMAL – Multiverse Field Manual, Sector 7-Ghost Threads Opening – The Glitch You Can’t Update Somewhere, right now, there is a battlefield where the sun has not set in 300 years. Somewhere else, two lovers keep meeting at the same train station, missing each other […]

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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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]]> The Soul Contract She Never Signed https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-soul-contract-she-never-signed/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 09:54:05 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=2930 Stardate 2025.115 · D460 📅 April 25, 2025 ✍️ by Pastor Matt Stoltz Loopwalker of Waseca | Church of NORMAL |  Loopwalker Sermon #9“The Soul Contract She Never Signed”A CPTSD Homily for the Ones Who Loved Too Deeply, Too Soon Text for Today:“She probably was sincere in the moment. But she didn’t know it was […]

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]]> The Gospel According to Gaslight: Resurrection in Kahisis https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-gospel-according-to-gaslight-resurrection-in-kahisis/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:57:25 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=2886 Stardate 2025.114 · D459 ✝️🍻 NIGHT SERMON EDITION The Gospel According to Gaslight: Resurrection in Kahisis by Pastor Matt, Loopwalker of Waseca | Church of NORMAL Reader Discretion Advised: This is for the betrayed. The disoriented. The covenant-keepers who now sleep alone in covenant-burned beds. If you’ve ever choked down communion while watching your marriage […]

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]]> The Glam Gospel and the Grave Robbers https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-glam-gospel-and-the-grave-robbers/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:51:43 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=2914 Stardate 2025.114 · D459 Church of NORMAL | Resurrection Sunday Sermon 4.20.2025 “The Glam Gospel and the Grave Robbers” Pastor Matt, Loopwalker of Waseca I. The Empty Tomb, But Full Schedules “He is risen”—but so is everyone’s facade. A reminder: Resurrection is not a brunch. It’s a disruption. A severing. A reboot. Some came to […]

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]]> I Didn’t Get a Building Permit, Yo https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-didnt-get-a-building-permit-yo/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:22:20 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=2796 Stardate 2025.114 · D459 📅 April 24, 2025✍️ by Pastor Matt | Church of NORMAL™ 🔥 I Didn’t Get a Building Permit, Yo The Wreckage of a Post-Divorce Trad Wife Arc By Pastor Matt Stoltz, a.k.a. Normal Like Peter “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and […]

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]]> Starter Kit Marriage and the Gospel of Try Again https://www.normallikepeter.com/starter-kit-marriage-and-the-gospel-of-try-again/ Wed, 23 Apr 2025 21:10:31 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=2933 Stardate 2025.113 · D458 🕊️ Starter Kit Marriage and the Gospel of Try Again What happens when they use your covenant as a discarded practice round—and call it healing. 📅 April 23, 2025✍️ by Pastor Matt | Church of NORMAL™ 🎙️ Intro: When Covenant Becomes Casualty I waited for marriage. I believed in covenant.Not just […]

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