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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Exploring Compassion with A Mystery in the Forest

As children, my next youngest sibling and I loved to ride our bikes together. Our six-year-old brother would beg to go with us but he wasn’t allowed to leave the yard.

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  • A New Year’s Meditation

    New Year’s Day is traditionally a time to look back on the past year and forward into the future.

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    Managing Holiday Emotions

    “But mom,” wailed my daughter, “I wanted to put the glitter stars on the tree.” She collapses onto the sofa and bursts into tears.

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  • Exploring Diverse Holidays with The House Without Lights

    Holiday lights are a staple of many winter traditions. Solstice candles, Hanukkah menorahs, colorful Christmas strings, and Kwanzaa kinaras cast dancing light in the darkness.

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    Teaching Kids the Science of Gifting

    My children delight in finding gifts to give extended family members. When their great aunt adored camel figurines, they would hunt for the quirkiest camels possible.

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  • Stories for Cooking Together

    The winter holidays offer many opportunities for families to cook together. What might sometimes seem like drudgery – preparing meals day in and out –

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    Exploring Identity & Community with Moana 2

    Moana spends her days exploring the ocean, searching for other islanders. The ancestors have said that her people will come to an end unless she can help them reconnect.

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