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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Connecting with Nature

The shift from summer to fall often means children spend more time indoors in classrooms. They have less time to engage in outdoor activities,

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  • Learning to Care with Just Shine!

    Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is passionate about making the world a better place for everyone. As the first Latina to serve on the highest court in the United States,

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    Building Community through Restorative Practices

    Most of us know that external rewards for good behavior only go so far in prompting children to engage.

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  • Mindfulness Practices

    When we think about young children, one aspect of their lives that comes to mind is their seeming lack of regulation.

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    Strategies for Everyday Resilience

    When you imagine resilience in a child, what comes to mind? For some of us, it might be a young cancer patient who smiles at their caregivers while undergoing chemotherapy.

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  • Hopeful Parenting

    I have experienced many happy moments as a parent: amazement at a toddler’s first steps, pride over a child’s accomplishments,

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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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