JODI HEMANN

Hello, I’m Jodi—a devoted disciple of Jesus Christ, pastor’s wife, Beagle lover, and mom to many fur-babies on our farm. I’m also a certified Christian Life Coach, Discipleship Coach, Ramsey Preferred Financial Coach, mentor, entrepreneur, and film producer with 26 years of experience.

After years of being a single, child-free workaholic who sought approval from others through achievement and performance, I became bedridden from burnout for over five months. For years, I’d been running on the proverbial treadmill, living a lifestyle of over-commitment resulting in high highs and low lows that almost cost me my life.  What I didn't realize until later was that God created me as an inherently shy and introspective person, a characteristic I was not honoring.  Instead, I'd been pushing myself beyond my limits for many, many years.

In addition, I was a shopaholic - an over-consumer - who was trapped in an endless cycle of buying and returning merchandise with each bout of retail therapy leaving me feeling ashamed and out of control, all in an effort to fill some sort of void.

The Lord met me in my darkness, leading me to a 12-step recovery group that would save my life as He quietly beckoned me to Him. I had been born again in 1991 but felt too young to dedicate my life to discipleship at that time. So, for the next twenty years, I became a "seeker" who explored every possible religion to discover a pathway to peace.

In 2014, I stopped my seeking, got baptized, and committed my life to Christ. It felt like my wedding day as I said my vows and Jesus became my first husband.  I spent the next seven years intimately living alone with Him. We got to know each other well as He I surrendered to His will and He aligned my life with His.  He led while I prayed,  listened, and followed.  Feeling His presence, I no longer felt lonely, even when I was alone - with no husband or children - well into my 40's.  Accepting my life of singleness and solitude no longer scared me.  I stopped living to please others and stopped hoping to conform to societal norms.  God had other plans for me.  I began to embrace a quieter life that was focused on Him and my Kingdom calling.

In 2018, I met my now husband - a sober-Christian-bearded-man-who-works-a-12-step-program -  the very man I’d been praying about for over five years. Jesus either gave me that specific vision Himself or He answered my specific prayer.  Either way, I knew my husband immediately when I saw him.  Paul John and I were married in 2020, he was ordained six months later, and we now enjoy a fulfilling life of marriage and ministry together.

We live on a 5-acre animal farm called Ebenezer Acres—because we know where our help comes from (1 Samuel 7:12)—where we're part of a church plant called Faith Fellowship which takes place in our living room each Sunday morning.  We enjoy our animals on the farm including four dogs, three cats, and 38 chickens that provide us with fresh farm eggs.

As a Christian coach and mentor, my passion is to help women come out from underneath whatever is taking the place of God in their lives, to honor boundaries with God, themselves and others and fortify their spiritual lives so they too may fulfill the Kingdom calling God prepared in advance for them to do.  (Ephesians 2:10).