by Kayla Norris | Jun 23, 2014 | Loving Jesus, University
Hello, courage. I didn’t expect to meet you with a tissue pressed to my eyes. I didn’t think I’d shake your hand with the vestiges of snot on my own fingers. Hello, courage. I didn’t imagine making small talk with puffy eyes. I didn’t...
by Kayla Norris | Apr 26, 2014 | Family, Loving Jesus, Missionary Kids, University
A fly balances on the edge of an empty mocha latte glass. Traces of beige frothed milk line its walls, as the insect that still survives New Zealand’s autumn buzzes around the room, constantly landing back to salivate on the leftover glass. Why am I starting a...
by Kayla Norris | Apr 18, 2014 | Family, Loving Jesus
You get dunked in salty water and you don’t feel much different. Until you look back ten years to the day– and see how everything changed. April 17, 2004. I hadn’t ever been baptized so when a group from my school was forming, it sounded like a good idea,...
by Kayla Norris | Nov 19, 2013 | Loving Jesus, University
“You are more than enough.” I’ve heard this countless times directed to God. I’ve seen the truth of this statement in other people’s life. I’ve experienced it myself. The over-abundant extravagance of a man who does not love us...
by Kayla Norris | Oct 1, 2013 | Loving Jesus, University
iOS7 may be a familiar sight for you. If you don’t have one of the many i-devices (iPad, iPod, iPhone, iParty, iMonkey, etc) you’ll wonder if anything changed. But don’t worry, for me– it was a week late that I updated my dear little iPad Mini to its...
by Kayla Norris | Sep 30, 2013 | Loving Jesus, Missionary Kids, University
The finger-height flame flickers with fresh fire. Candles get lighted all the time but this one is different, this one fires up the heart of anyone who sees it because this candle– it’s something different, it’s for a purpose, for an art. The art of story...
