by Kayla Norris | Jun 21, 2015 | Loving Jesus
It was quarter to nine in the kitchen this evening that it hit me. Today was the first day in a long time that I was not exhausted. For the past two weeks I have had severe tooth pain on-and-off, coupled with post-family-wedding exhaustion, and something that I...
by Kayla Norris | May 6, 2015 | Kids & Teaching, Loving Jesus, Missionary Kids
“And why, pray, should I go for a useless walk now– or any time, for that matter?” he demanded sharply. David had shrunk back unconsciously, though he had still smiled. “Oh, but it wouldn’t be a useless walk, sir. Father said nothing was...
by Kayla Norris | Apr 19, 2015 | Loving Jesus, Missionary Kids, University, YWAM DTS
There was a moment in the latter half of last year where I ambled along a windy country path that looked like it was straight out of Pride and Prejudice. Silver ferns fanned out above my head, maples stood as sentinels at the foot of hills. Poplars and pines whispered...
by Kayla Norris | Apr 2, 2015 | Loving Jesus, Missionary Kids
I’d brushed past it before. Yeah, yeah, it’s the night before Jesus was delivered over to be crucified– his last night before betrayal, torture, death. Dad once told me that John 13-17 was worth paying attention to– because wouldn’t you say some of the most important...
by Kayla Norris | Feb 14, 2015 | Community, Kids & Teaching, Loving Jesus
“Ann had lived her entire life based on what was right and had never once made a decision based on her desire.” The line on page 62 haunted me long after I finished The Journey of Desire by John Eldredge, a book I found in the BTI library. I mulled over...
by Kayla Norris | Jan 2, 2015 | Loving Jesus, The Creative Heart
“What do you think, Peeta?” I finally ask him. “I think… you still have no idea. The effect you can have.” –Katniss and Peeta, in Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins It was my last night in New Zealand before I left for Christmas break in Hawaii. The stars already...
