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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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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    The Myth of Learning Styles

    Beginning in the latter grades of elementary school, my kids were given tests to help them determine their ‘learning styles’.

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  • Choosing Kindness

    “I don’t like it when grandma tells me I have to clean my plate,” says my daughter. “But I guess her dad told her that growing up.

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    Exploring Spiritual Themes in The Bad Guys 2

    One of my children got in trouble for talking out of turn in class. They thought they were being funny,

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  • How Kids Learn to Be Generous

    “One for you, and one for me. Another for you, and another for me.” My son was counting out candies for himself and a friend.

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    Spiritual Journey Boards

    “It’s hard to remember to breathe when I’m mad,” said my youngest child. Both I and his teachers had been advocating breathing practices as ways to manage big emotions.

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