Currents of Water: A Widow’s Walk with Jesus and Mary

by Wendy Forest

Currents of Water is a deeply personal and spiritual reflection on grief, faith, and healing. Following her husband’s death, the author embarks on a transformative journey, rediscovering her Christian faith and ultimately converting to Catholicism. Through devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, she finds comfort, strength, and renewed purpose. The book intertwines personal experiences with scriptural reflections, Catholic traditions, and historical perspectives on Mary’s role, offering a heartfelt guide for widows and others navigating loss through faith.

Paperback: $14.95 | Kindle: $9.99

TESTIMONIALS

Currents of Water is a beautifully written, deeply moving journey of grief, faith, and healing. A must-read for anyone seeking comfort and spiritual renewal through devotion to Mary.” — Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, co-author with Ronda Chervin of Catholic Realism: A Framework for the Refutation of Atheism and the Evangelization of Atheists

Currents of Water is a beautifully written poignant spiritual book. Get it for yourself if you are a widow and for other widows.” – Dr. Ronda Chervin, Catholic philosophy professor, TV presenter and author of many books

“As a widow I have read many books by widows about their journey. I can honestly say Currents of Water is one of the best! A beautiful story of faith, healing and hope.” – Pam Bates, co-author The Most Amazing Harvest – The Man Behind the Story, Founder Braving Widowhood ministry.

“Currents of Water is a beautifully written journey of faith. The author’s honest, vulnerable and creative story is inspirational.” –  Paula Patty, Co-Author The Most Amazing Harvest – The Man Behind the Story and Missionary in Spirit

“A heartfelt rendering of a Christian woman’s spiritual journey from grief and dislocation to hope and healing.  What spoke to me was the affinity that bloomed within Ms. Forest, mother and widow, for the Virgin Mary, mother and widow.”  – Jim Swinehart, Co-Founder of the Western Springs Writers Society

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Wendy Forest is a widow.

OTHER PRACTICAL THEOLOGY BOOKS

Going Solo? Encouraging Single Catholics by Anne Stokes

Going Solo? Encouraging Single Catholics by Anne Stokes

Going Solo: Encouraging Single Catholics by Anne Stokes In a world that often equates fulfillment with marriage and family, Going Solo: Encouraging Single Catholics offers a refreshing and faith-centered perspective on the joys, challenges, and spiritual purpose of...

read more
The Three Ways: Catholic Spiritual Journey

The Three Ways: Catholic Spiritual Journey

The Three Ways: Catholic Spiritual Journey by Julie McPhillips, OCDS Today, you are invited exactly where you are to consider that your life is on a spiritual journey Home to God. Each is God’s planned creation, and Jesus is “The Way” to our final destination—Eternal...

read more
Transgenderism: A Question of Identity by Francis Etheredge

Transgenderism: A Question of Identity by Francis Etheredge

Transgenderism: A Question of Identity by Francis Etheredge TBA Paperback: $TBA| Kindle: $9.99 ARTICLES Etheredge, Francis, “We must fight gender ideology to preserve the concept of truth,” LifeSite News (October 25, 2024). Click here to read the review. TESTIMONIALS...

read more
Handbook for Catholic Religious by Fr. Bevil Bramwell, OMI

Handbook for Catholic Religious by Fr. Bevil Bramwell, OMI

Handbook for Catholic Religious by Fr. Bevil Bramwell, OMI Reflecting on the theology of the presence of Christ in the world, particularly from the point of view of the aesthetics of religious life as understood from the writings of Hans Urs von Balthasar, John Paul...

read more
Human Sexuality

Human Sexuality

Human Sexuality: Precious Gift and Perilous Challenge with Particular Reference to the Sexual Abuse Scandal in the Church by Fr. Dominic Anaeto We live in an age when our sexuality speaks loudly and clamors for attention, so it is good that celibate men and women, and...

read more
Screen Addiction: Why You Can’t Put that Phone Down

Screen Addiction: Why You Can’t Put that Phone Down

Screen Addiction: Why You Can't Put That Phone Down by Sister Marysia Weber, RSM Have you ever had an irresistible urge to check your texts, social media posts or email updates when your cell phone rings, beeps or buzzes? Is the amount of time spent on your cell phone...

read more
Taming the Lion Within: 5 Steps from Anger to Peace

Taming the Lion Within: 5 Steps from Anger to Peace

Taming the Lion Within: 5 Steps from Anger to Peace by Dr. Ronda Chervin Five steps to help people overcome uncontrolled or over-reactive anger. Steps include admitting being angry person: identifying the anger: physical, psychological and spiritual perspectives about...

read more
Missionary Priests in the Homeland: Our Call to Receive

Missionary Priests in the Homeland: Our Call to Receive

Missionary Priests in the Homeland: Our Call to Receive by Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, and Bishop Richard Henning International priests have served the Roman Catholic Church in the United States since its inception. With congregations consisting largely of immigrants...

read more
Bereavement Miracles

Bereavement Miracles

Bereavement Miracles by Michael Frey The Bereavement Miracles program was designed to play a quintessential role in evangelizing the “spirit of  mission” to individuals who are suffering from the death of a loved one by relating eternal realities in a systematic...

read more
How to Flourish in a Fallen World

How to Flourish in a Fallen World

How to Flourish in a Fallen World by Dr. Donald DeMarco How to Flourish in a Fallen World, by Donald DeMarco, engages the reader in an understanding of our common human nature and the problems it faces in a culture that actively pursues, to put it in Saint John Paul...

read more
Feminine, Free, & Faithful

Feminine, Free, & Faithful

Feminine, Free and Faithful by Dr. Ronda Chervin Should women be feminine and forget about liberation? Or should they reject femininity as a euphemism for slavery? Women seeking fulfillment, says Chervin, aren’t faced with this either-or, but with the challenge to be...

read more
Eyewitnesses: Biblical Foundations in Christian Spirituality

Eyewitnesses: Biblical Foundations in Christian Spirituality

Eyewitnesses: Biblical Foundations in Christian Spirituality – Ed. by Fr. John Horn, S.J. St. Paul prays with ardent desire that “the eyes of our understanding would be enlightened, that we might know what is the hope of the risen Jesus’ calling, and what are the...

read more
Fun is Not Enough

Fun is Not Enough

Fun is Not Enough by Fr. Francis Canavan, SJ ​Fun Is Not Enough collects all the prophetic insights catholic eye readers loved, so that Canavan may inspire a new generation with his contributions to contemporary debates on religious and political liberty, the dignity...

read more