by Kayla Norris | Sep 16, 2018 | Relationships
“Oh, Kayla—your guy is totally coming, you just have to wait!” Growing up a Christian, I can’t tell you how many times I was told this by well-meaning friends, youth leaders, and mentors. I was fourteen when I first seriously liked a guy, and when it turned out he...
by Kayla Norris | Sep 1, 2018 | High School, The Creative Heart, University
Everyone has a way to creatively express their heart (whether they know it or not) and everyone needs somewhere to express it. This is a story of finding that somewhere. I’ve been a writer ever since I first awkwardly held a pencil and scribbled the letter E...
by Kayla Norris | Aug 17, 2018 | YWAM DTS
I was twenty-one when I graduated from university. I had a great job opportunity at a dream spot. Not to mention, I needed to start paying back my student loan, too. Inconveniently, God started reminding me of another dream, the plan I’d dismissed somewhere in the...
by Kayla Norris | Jul 27, 2018 | Prayer & Worship, Relationships
I knew it all. I grew up in the church, I knew how to pray, I knew how to read my Bible. Not only that, I knew ways to teach it. I’d learned enough tips and tricks to fill small groups for a lifetime. Did I use those tips and tricks? No, not at all. Not until that...
by Kayla Norris | Jul 13, 2018 | Community
My steering wheel suddenly felt like I was maneuvering a two-ton weight. Turns out steering fluid can look like it’s in there—but it’s not. In my Ford Focus’ case, old fluid stained the container at “full”, while slowly leaking out. Late one night that leak burst,...
