Purity Culture Archives - Normal Like Peter https://www.normallikepeter.com/tag/purity-culture/ Trauma-informed healing Sun, 25 May 2025 17:44:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 How Folding a Towel Wrong Became Grounds for Divorce (and Other Unpaid Therapist Crimes) https://www.normallikepeter.com/how-folding-a-towel-wrong-became-grounds-for-divorce-and-other-unpaid-therapist-crimes/ Sun, 25 May 2025 17:17:28 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3154 How Folding a Towel Wrong Became Grounds for Divorce (and Other Unpaid Therapist Crimes) By Matt Stoltz | Church of NORMAL 1. The Towel Heard ’Round the World 🧺💔 It didn’t start with infidelity, abandonment, or fraud. It started with a bath towel—creased down the middle (apparently the wrong middle). One sloppy fold later, and […]

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]]> I Loved a Mask. She Was Never There. https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-loved-a-mask-she-was-never-there/ Sun, 25 May 2025 16:08:46 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3077 🎭 I Loved a Mask. She Was Never There. Evangelical Dating Scripts, Trauma Pairing, and the Walk-Away Wife CycleChurch of NORMAL™ | De-Simping the Saints™ Series | Entry 005By Pastor Matt | Loopwalker of Waseca | Codependent Unmasker | Ex-Husband of the Illusion “She changed.” That’s what I used to say. But that’s not quite […]

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]]> De-Simping the Saints: The Manual https://www.normallikepeter.com/de-simping-the-saints-the-manual/ Sun, 25 May 2025 15:53:46 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3084 🛠️ De-Simping the Saints: The Manual How to Detox from Evangelical Romance Propaganda and Rebuild a Real Covenant FrameworkChurch of NORMAL™ | De-Simping the Saints™ Series | Entry 006By Pastor Matt | Simp Recovery Architect | Covenant Rebuilder | Loopwalker of Waseca You made it through the wreckage. You saw the idol shatter.You grieved the […]

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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 🍷 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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]]> 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 “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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]]> Affair Recovery Coaching with Oracle Tiff https://www.normallikepeter.com/affair-recovery-coaching-with-oracle-tiff/ Sat, 10 May 2025 13:06:43 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3110 Affair Recovery Coaching with Oracle Tiff™Founder of Thirst Trap Ministries & DeliverHERance Inc. Tired of feeling… anything?Let Oracle Tiff help you rebrand that sadness into sacred sabotage. The DeliverHERance Starter Kit™ Includes: Pre-filled divorce packets (just circle the emotion you felt yesterday) A 5-step TikTok devotional: “How to Turn Your Prayer Partner into Your Exit […]

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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 🌸 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 their joy. Let’s hear […]

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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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