by Kayla Norris | May 24, 2020 | The Creative Heart
There’s a downside to having a job you love. Here in New Zealand, I manage, edit, and write for the blog at YWAM Furnace—sharing testimonies and tips from the mission field. I’m passionate about storytelling and I could spend hours staring at one blog post (or even...
by Kayla Norris | May 5, 2020 | Missionary Kids
Dear Landlocked Citizen, I miss you, too. Terribly. But let me rewind. In your last letter, you said you don’t remember when we first met—but I sure do. Your dad is right, it was Hawaii to Canada in ‘94—you held my hand and pointed at the airplanes with this awestruck...
by Kayla Norris | Mar 19, 2020 | Missionary Kids
Dear International Travel, I miss you. Terribly. But let’s rewind. We’ve got history. I mean, I don’t even remember the first time I met you. My dad tells me it was Canada 1994. I’ve seen the pictures of my first New Zealand trip. Then Australia happened and we just...
by Kayla Norris | Feb 16, 2020 | Relationships
I know what you’re thinking. Oh no, another Christian girl raving about singleness on Valentines Day. Great. At least, that’s what I would think. But you made it this far. So, curious? I was seventeen when being single on Valentine’s Day hit me hard. Up until...
by Kayla Norris | May 27, 2019 | Loving Jesus, The Creative Heart
When you stand close to a painting, so close that your nose touches the canvas, you’ll just see haphazard splatters and a stray streaks of colour. Nothing looks very much on purpose, the closer you get. Spots and lines, dabs and dots. That’s it. Or, your jaw could...
