by Kayla Norris | Dec 13, 2014 | Loving Jesus, Missionary Kids, University
Me. On an airplane. In a bad mood. That’s all she saw. After words from the others like… you are a desert flower… you love to encourage people… God has been your song in the night… All she saw was me on an airplane, unhappy. She’s...
by Kayla Norris | Nov 27, 2014 | Loving Jesus, University
Somewhere in the span of a few weeks, I scrambled to complete my last assignment for university, heart-spinningly moved house after being in the same room for three years, gobbled up the BTI Graduation Breakfast, and got on an eight-hour flight to the town to which I...
by Kayla Norris | Nov 4, 2014 | Kids & Teaching, Loving Jesus, University
Dear Beginning Teacher, I’m writing from that one day in November– do you remember it? When you got a cavity precariously filled and once the anesthetic had worn off, you were in tears from the searing pain? And the tears kept coming because the anesthetic of...
by Kayla Norris | Nov 3, 2014 | Community, Loving Jesus, Missionary Kids, University
I didn’t think it was possible. I didn’t think I could be at home here, not on this earth anyway. But even as the world’s definitions of belonging scramble to cover my ears, I keep hearing these words: I’m bringing you home. I don’t...
by Kayla Norris | Jul 5, 2014 | High School, Loving Jesus, The Creative Heart, University
Oh Aslan, Aslan. I understand now. I understand. It’s been so long. So long since I watched a movie of Narnia. Since I saw you. The oh-so-familiar scenes of Prince Caspian flash across the flatscreen TV. Sunlight pouring across forest floors, glacial rivers...
by Kayla Norris | Jun 29, 2014 | Loving Jesus, University
I’m choking on phlegm, and the uncommon edge on the morning air tells me that winter isn’t as kind to my throat as I had hoped. The curtain is still drawn, and I think it must be past 8 o’clock for the thin line of sunshine on the wall beside it....
