About Original Galilean
WE STAND BESIDE THE PERSON
everyone else depends on.
The one who shows up. Holds the line. Never asks for help. Original Galilean is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps that person put down what they've been carrying alone, using the words of a first-century teacher who saw people completely differently than they saw themselves.
"The Kingdom of God is already among you." Luke 17:21 — NLT
Our Mission
Permission to stop performing.
We stand alongside people holding it together on the outside while something's quietly breaking on the inside. We help them see the game they thought they had to play, then give them permission to stop playing it and start living. Not toward perfection. Not even toward change. Toward peace.
Because you're already beloved. And you were always enough.
Our Story
Written across two generations.
One who spent decades unlearning what the other never had to learn in the first place.
Conrad Aquino
Co-Author & Founder
Conrad grew up Catholic, educated by Jesuits from grade school through college and into postgraduate work. But no amount of religious education prepared him for what his body was trying to say. At thirteen, he had his first heart attack. More followed over the years, along with stomach ulcers, anxiety attacks, and nightmares that wouldn't stop.
Seventeen years ago, he discovered what Jesus actually meant beneath the religious guilt he'd been taught. Not more rules to follow or worth to earn, permission to stop. The physical symptoms that had plagued him since childhood disappeared, not through medication or therapy, but through finally understanding what surrender actually means.
He still has the same life, the same job, the same responsibilities, the same daily pressures. He just lives it from a completely different place.
Coleen Aquino
Co-Author
Coleen is eleven years old and has never had to unlearn what her father spent decades figuring out. She grew up watching him live from rest instead of striving, which gave her something most children don't get: proof that another way is possible.
That doesn't mean her life is easy. She faces her own battles, her own struggles. But she faces them from a different foundation. Her clarity shaped every page of the organization's book, challenging concepts that got too abstract, demanding examples that felt real, pulling the writing back to earth whenever it drifted into theory.
Together, they built Original Galilean as proof that the wisdom Jesus offered isn't theoretical. It's something you can actually live, at any age, right in the middle of ordinary life.
How We Help
A book. A community. A way forward.
Original Galilean meets people where they are, with resources built to be lived, not just read.
The Book
What Does Jesus See In You?
A 20-Day Guide to Self-Discovery
The Community
A judgment-free space for people at any stage of the journey
Church Partnerships
Curriculum and resources for pastors bringing this to their congregations
Support the Work
Every gift funds the mission, not a product.
Original Galilean is a registered 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 88-2386707. Donations support free resources, community programs, and church partnerships that carry this work beyond what book sales alone could reach.