by Kayla Norris | Sep 28, 2013 | Kids & Teaching, Loving Jesus, University
Shadows on the pale, yellowed parchment flicker underneath the illumination of a burning wick. The scritch, scritch, scratch of the sharpened feather tip scrapes across the page, as a withered hand grips the quill tightly– almost as if it was a part of him, the ink...
by Kayla Norris | Sep 12, 2013 | Loving Jesus, Relationships, University
We’re all rubies in the dust Waiting to be seen, waiting to be clean Just longing to be free… One foot chases the other, my Asics pound against pavement. It is dusk, the sunset shrouded by layers of grey and wet mist. Unruly white iPod headphones are...
by Kayla Norris | Aug 27, 2013 | Loving Jesus, The Creative Heart, University
Swiftly, swiftly, the wind blows gently. Daftly, daftly, my heart believes its woes. “What do you want?” She cries, the ship from season past. . . I say I’m sinking in schoolwork like the 1912 tragedy So many things could go wrong So many things do....
by Kayla Norris | Aug 3, 2013 | Loving Jesus, Missions Trips, University
For so long I have treated my desires as hindrances to God’s will. Little did I know, they are the very catalysts to completing it. We just have to answer to this one question: “What do you want?“ Pink hardcover journal tucked in the closet...
by Kayla Norris | Jun 29, 2013 | Loving Jesus, Missions Trips, University
Growing up on a tourist destination island myself, Tahiti was never known to me as a holiday resort. My three brothers practically lived in the ocean, so instead, I knew Tahiti as the place that held one of the most famous surfing spots in the world. Teahupoo was the...
by Kayla Norris | Jun 24, 2013 | Loving Jesus, University
“What do you want?” The question haunts me as I try to shut down my heart. All the while, there is a stronger voice whispering: Awaken, awaken. For far too long I treated my inherent desires as evil, selfish, ridiculous. I disastrously agreed with the...
