Community Guidelines

We’re so glad you want to be part of the Normal community, and can’t wait to get to know you more through your stories. 

We are passionate about encouraging others through stories of how good God is, stories exploring heart connection, miracles, God-moments, and all the processes in between. We want to help you get the most out of Normal, so here are some guidelines for how to participate.

Give Me The Headlines

  • Yay! You’re part of Normal.

  • Be kind, respectful and encouraging in all your interactions with the Normal community.

  • We will remove any content that is abusive or does not meet our guidelines below.

  • If you have a question or comment let us know, we’d love to hear from you!

3 Things We’d Like You to Remember When You Contribute a Story:

  1. We believe God to be the God of the Christian bible (See our Statement of Faith)

  2. Tell your story (what has happened to you, what is happening to you, what you’ve personally experienced)

  3. Write in such a way as to be encouraging. 

Give Me The List

Please note this is not a comprehensive list, and may be updated at any time.

  • Be respectful. Please be kind and respectful in all your interactions on Normal. We do not tolerate any stories or comments that contain offensive, profane, racist, sexist, defamatory, threatening language, or any other type of discrimination or abuse. Any stories or comments that contain any of the above will be suspended and/or blocked in accordance with the Harmful Digital Communications Act. Don’t spam or harrass people.

  • Protect your privacy and others. Be careful about what you share in your stories. Please protect your privacy and other’s privacy. Never share any of your personal or confidential information. This includes your personal address, telephone number, email, or your Normal log in details. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information.

  • Own your content. Please only upload content (including pictures and videos) that you personally create, write, snap with a camera, or own.

  • Get people’s permission. Often stories will involve other people. Please make sure you have the permission of any person before you use their image, likeness, or describe or name them in your story on Normal. Please only use people’s first names. If someone in your story asks for you to remove them, change their name, or delete the content completely - please do! We want everyone who is a part of your story to feel safe, valued and honoured.

  • Take the positives. Normal is a forum for people from all sorts of backgrounds and cultures who are in different stages of their faith journey, as such you’ll experience people using different terms and language to describe and relate to God. You don’t have to agree with their theology or language to be able to take encouragement/something positive from their story. If in doubt take the positive view.

Normal reserves the right to block users in breach of any of our guidelines. We reserve the right to not publish any content that does not comply with Normal’s guidelines. Users who repeatedly breach these guidelines will be suspended and removed. If you think we’ve made a mistake, you can contact us at hello@normal.nz for an explanation.

Please Note:

The views expressed in stories published on Normal are not necessarily those held by Normal, its employees or agents.