by Kayla Norris | Sep 16, 2018 | Relationships
“Oh, Kayla—your guy is totally coming, you just have to wait!” Growing up a Christian, I can’t tell you how many times I was told this by well-meaning friends, youth leaders, and mentors. I was fourteen when I first seriously liked a guy, and when it turned out he...
by Kayla Norris | Jul 27, 2018 | Prayer & Worship, Relationships
I knew it all. I grew up in the church, I knew how to pray, I knew how to read my Bible. Not only that, I knew ways to teach it. I’d learned enough tips and tricks to fill small groups for a lifetime. Did I use those tips and tricks? No, not at all. Not until that...
by Kayla Norris | Aug 30, 2016 | High School, Loving Jesus, Relationships, The Creative Heart, University, YWAM DTS
I choked back on sobs, as the dark blue 1952 edition of Pride and Prejudice curled back instantly into the flames, along with at least seven other romance novels. I couldn’t see through the tears, as my rom-coms and 19th century dramas melted into glowing coals. Deep,...
by Kayla Norris | May 16, 2016 | Relationships, The Creative Heart
“You seemed almost as fearful of notice and praise as other women were of neglect.” -Edmund to Fanny Place Read: Tauranga, New Zealand Source: Michaela Rose, birthday gift Date: 14 April – 13 May, 2016 Version/Edition: CRW Publishing, London, 2004....
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 | Jul 6, 2013 | Relationships, The Creative Heart
Disney classics like Robin Hood (1973) make us crave something beautiful. A longing, an adventure, a beauty, a battle, a happily ever now. Yet for some reason, for some life-shattering reason, it’s torn away. How did we come to this? How did we come to believe...
