I'm Goin' to Praiseland

Shawn Colvin as Rachel Jordan

"I'm Goin' to Praiseland" is the nineteenth episode of the twelfth season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 6, 2001. In the episode, Ned Flanders builds a Christian-themed amusement park to commemorate his dead wife, Maude Flanders. The episode marked the return of the character Rachel Jordan (voiced by Shawn Colvin), who had previously appeared in the season eleven episode "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily". Since airing, "I'm Goin' to Praiseland" has received mixed reviews from critics.

During an ice cream social at church, Ned Flanders is reunited with Rachel Jordan, a woman he met after hearing her and her Christian rock band sing at church after suffering the loss of his wife Maude. She quickly had to leave for the next stop on the band's tour after their first meeting, and they had not seen each other until this social. Rachel decides to stay with Ned instead of going to a motel, but leaves after being horrified when Ned's obsession with making Rachel look like his deceased wife Maude leads to him cutting Rachel's hair into a Maude-esque style while she is sleeping. Ned asks the Simpson family to help him forget about Maude by throwing away everything in the house that reminds him of her. Homer uses a woodchipper to get rid of all of Maude's possessions, (including sticking a photo of him on their wedding photo) except for a sketchbook. Ned looks through his late wife's many sketches until he finds designs for a Christian theme park, called Praiseland. He decides to realize Maude's dream by building a Christian theme park in her honor.