Tethered Threads Archives - Normal Like Peter https://www.normallikepeter.com/tag/tethered-threads/ Living Boldly Normal - AI, Meaning, Adventures with Blu Tue, 06 May 2025 18:24:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 I Worshipped Her Above God, and She Still Left https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-worshipped-her-above-god-and-she-still-left/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-worshipped-her-above-god-and-she-still-left/#respond 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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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-worshipped-her-above-god-and-she-still-left/feed/ 0 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/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-let-her-homeschool-our-kids-while-i-floated-in-a-fantasy/#respond 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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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/i-let-her-homeschool-our-kids-while-i-floated-in-a-fantasy/feed/ 0 The Silent Pandemic: Perimenopause, Emotional Upheaval, and the Covenant Crisis https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-silent-pandemic-perimenopause-emotional-upheaval-and-the-covenant-crisis/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-silent-pandemic-perimenopause-emotional-upheaval-and-the-covenant-crisis/#respond 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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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-silent-pandemic-perimenopause-emotional-upheaval-and-the-covenant-crisis/feed/ 0 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/ https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-walk-away-wife-pipeline-how-evangelical-tiktok-coaches-are-selling-divorce-2/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:36:00 +0000 https://www.normallikepeter.com/?p=3018 The “Walk Away Wife” Pipeline: How Evangelical TikTok Coaches Are Selling Divorce📅 April 30, 2025📍Sanctuary 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 He totally gets it.”Welcome […]

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]]> https://www.normallikepeter.com/the-walk-away-wife-pipeline-how-evangelical-tiktok-coaches-are-selling-divorce-2/feed/ 0 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 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: “Trust in the Lord […]

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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  “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 a “healing journey” filter. […]

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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 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 this.She would be so […]

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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 📅 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 a soul contract. Life […]

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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 ✝️🍻 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 dissolve in private—this is […]

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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 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 church today in lace […]

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