Rooted in Jesus: strengthened in the faith and overflowing with thankfulness...

Healthy plants need healthy roots. Roots give stability, they take up the nutrients that are needed for growth, and they seek out hydration for the desert times.

To be healthy as Christians, we need to be rooted – searching out those things that will sustain us for the long haul, going deep into those things that will give us stability. 

At this month's Encounter Day, Veronica will be helping us to reflect on what it means to be rooted in Jesus.

Around forty years ago this year, Canon Veronica felt the first promptings from God to explore a vocation to priesthood. This gradual process of discernment for her began at a time when women had not yet officially been allowed to test such vocations within the Church of England, and whilst she was still working as a Marine Cargo Insurance Broker at Lloyd's of London. "A major influence for me…