by Kayla Norris | Jan 30, 2023 | Grief, Loving Jesus, Relationships
Before it was Planet Fitness, it was Borders Books. Yes, in Kona. I still haven’t quite forgiven Borders for going bankrupt and leaving us without a massive bookshop.(But what am I talking about, I left Kona before Borders did—so who’s really to blame?) But before it...
by Kayla Norris | Aug 11, 2022 | International Travel, Loving Jesus, Prayer & Worship
We sing a lot. I show up to an increasingly crowded room full of people I kind-of know, and we sing songs. Sometimes they’re songs about God’s holiness, sometimes we rant about how much we love him, sometimes he belts out how much he likes us, which is...
by Kayla Norris | Dec 18, 2021 | Kids & Teaching, Loving Jesus, The Creative Heart
Some days I don’t even put out the paint. The kids in my classroom range from the stick-everything-in-their-mouth stage, to full conversations about dinosaur underwear (in other words, 1.5-3ish years old). But whatever stage they’re in, paint always makes a...
by Kayla Norris | Dec 5, 2021 | Loving Jesus
Christmas comes with a clatter of shopping carts—and a constant onslaught of Michael Buble’s jazzy tunes. Oh, I’m not against it. I’m the one that puts on “Jazz in the Background” (a legendary Spotify playlist) during late afternoons in...
by Kayla Norris | Sep 5, 2021 | Loving Jesus, Missionary Kids
I never really understood “winter”. In Hawaii, winter is the season you don’t have to worry about sweat stains, at least not every second. Up mountain, it’s blissfully cool—with that never-ending ocean view. But in town, it’s still suffocating. Not exactly the...
by Kayla Norris | Mar 21, 2021 | Loving Jesus, Prayer & Worship
Yesterday I got stuck in traffic. On purpose. Crawling down Cameron Road, I was trying not to go insane. Fraser Street would have been faster, the toll road even more so. But I started an experiment two months ago. Taking the slow lane. Not dodging traffic. Picking...
