Hi, Latter Day struggles, friends and fans.

We know that navigating a faith crisis can feel overwhelming, especially when it impacts our closest relationships, our parents, our partners, and our kids.

That's why Valerie has created two online self-paced classes to help.

The first is a couple's guide to faith crisis and expansion.

This class is here for a partner

or couple who want to navigate faith shifts with mutual respect and deeper connection. Next is

a family's guide to mixed faith parenting. This class offers tools to help parents develop

greater harmony and understanding when belief differences arise within our families. Both classes are

packed with helpful tools and perspectives that can give you hope and a way forward.

So if you're looking for a little guidance on this, visit ladderday struggles.com to learn more. And now,

let's start the show.

Welcome to Latter Day Struggles. This is the second installment of many of Carolyn Pearson's poems from her book, Finding

Mother God.

Okay, here we go.

This one is called Common Sense. I may not be the sharpest knife in the

chandelier or the brightest bulb in the drawer, but seeing the creatures out in the zoo and the

creatures up in the blue and the creatures on Fifth Avenue, who are pretty equally girl and guy,

I will not buy the Brooklyn Bridge, nor will I buy a story that

says the creator of all the creatures, including me, was one or two or three male beings.

Never mind how potent their omnipotence may be.

Okay, next one is called The Case of the Disappearance of God, the Mother.

My friend Monica, so beautiful, so smart, so hungry for her mother,

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