Real Kids Real Faith is reimagining how children’s spirituality looks, sounds, and acts in this moment.

Our Vision

Growing up human today means facing big challenges and high expectations. So we’re rethinking how to help children respond creatively to whatever life brings their way.

Children’s spiritual lives don’t come prepackaged, but are stitched together by snuggles on the sofa, tears over a lost lovey, and gaming with friends next door. Their spirituality is also shaped by a parent’s job loss, learning challenges, and allergies that mean nobody else can have peanut butter.

The good, the bad, the really hard – it affects a child’s spirit. And we’ll address it all.

The ideas you’ll find here are research-based, motivated by a desire to see kids flourish in significant ways. This is important work, best done together. We’re glad you’ve joined us.

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Pumpkin Spice Spirituality

My social media feeds and email inbox are proclaiming that Fall has arrived and with it comes an abundance of pumpkin spice products.

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  • The Neuroscience of Attention

    As children gather in a circle on the floor, I begin to whisper directions for how I want them to sit.

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    Talking about the Minneapolis School Shooting

    For families in Minneapolis and across the nation, the excitement of a new school year has been disrupted by tragedy.

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  • Bucket Drumming Spirituality

    Rhythmic sounds draw our attention. Marching feet, protest chants, tapping toes, clapping hands: When we hear these sounds, we pay attention and are likely to sway in cadence or even join in.

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    Kids & Learning Myths

    Ask children how they learn, and there’s a good chance they will respond by repeating something they’ve heard a parent or teacher say about their ‘learning style’.

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  • Kids & AI

    My eldest child taught herself to code with books she checked out of the library. She learned five different computer languages the summer between fourth and fifth grade.

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    Exploring Racial Bias with Something Happened in Our Town

    A White parent in my child’s kindergarten class insisted that discussions about racism in the U.S. aren’t necessary. “Most people don’t see skin color anymore,” she insisted.

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