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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Practicing Courage

Learning to be courageous takes a lot of work. It’s not the same as just being fearless or comfortable taking risks.

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  • Building Self-Understanding with Self-Talk

    When she was three, my middle daughter loved to play dolls with her friends. They would reenact various everyday scenarios,

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    Being a Good Neighbor

    “Hey, mom, should I do the porch next door too?” asked my eldest. We were shoveling snow around our house after school.

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  • Finding Comfort in I Am Not Afraid

    Bedtime fears are a common childhood experience. Monsters under the bed or in the closet. Strange noises and shadows.

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    Halloween Story Circles

    “Oooh…the skeletons’ bones clattered in the dark night as they rose from the graveyard and began to march. The moonlight made them glow eerily as they moved with purpose.

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  • Children & Awe

    At two and a half, my eldest child was obsessed with garbage trucks. She loved the sounds they made,

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    Memory Games

    Almost everything we do with children involves things they need to remember. Spiritual stories have characters and storylines that convey ideas and prompt reflection.

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