God began to use Jodi in the writing of poetry and songs during the fall of 1981 while going through difficult times in her life. Jodi's book, "Tried By Fire" was inspired due to her teenage daughter's rare blood disorder. In early September, 1987, in the small southern town of Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, sixteen-year-old Christy Bowman was filled with life-long dreams of graduation, college, and a career. The day she was sized for her high-school ring her dreams were soon replaced with reality as she was diagnosed with auto-immune hemolytic anemia. Experience her story as you read how she endured great odds and treatments encountering both known and research. Her twenty-seven month struggle will mystify you, amaze you, enlighten you, engross you, bless you, and sadden you. You will find disappointment, encouragement, laughter, and tears as you come to know a girl who maintained a great faith in God, and an all-out 'true grit' against all odds. Her undying strength and insurmountable courage will amaze you. I hope you will be able to see how God revealed Himself many times and in many ways to show that she was in His care. 

Jodi has presently had one song recorded, and one published in a church-conference song book. Several of her poems have been published in Poetry Anthologies. She worked as secretary/bookkeeper/receptionist during her brief career after completing a one-year diploma course of study at Piedmont Technical College in Greenwood, South Carolina, in 1985. She is a member of the Pentecostal Holiness denomination where she has been active throughout her life in various capacities.