by Kayla Norris | May 31, 2014 | Kids & Teaching, Missionary Kids, University
My fingers twitch and tangle under such a task. Write about three days. Just those three days you were in Auckland. Right. Do that. Make it a task to tick off the to-do list, to feel like you’ve accomplished something. Type that blog post so you can snuggle...
by Kayla Norris | May 7, 2014 | Missionary Kids, University
I hadn’t seen a jetty before. Not in my thoughts of God. Not in my lofty spiritual pursuits nor in desperate pleas for my longings to be fulfilled. Jetties don’t belong there. Not there. But I still see him. And we’re there. In the place I had thrown...
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 | Mar 14, 2014 | Kids & Teaching, Missionary Kids, University, YWAM DTS
You’re familiar with that rugged feeling of not knowing what you want to do with your life. The terrible tension of trust and worry, obedience and fear, as you step out into the unknown future. Yet you might not guess how difficult it is to know what you want to do...
by Kayla Norris | Dec 31, 2013 | Community, Family, Kids & Teaching, Missionary Kids, University
I’m usually quite sentimental about New Year’s Eve reflections. The writer starved within me jumps at the thought of a day generally expected that bloggers post about their year. Jump away, oh my heart. I know you’re reluctant– but I have a story to...
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...
