Jodi began playing piano at six and added guitar at sixteen, learning to sing in her family, in church, and in school choirs. When she picked up the guitar, she started setting the Psalms to music in a soothing, reflective style that became her signature. Over the years she served wherever she was needed — leading worship, singing solos, or playing piano and synthesizer.

She and her husband, Uno, a Navy veteran, spent a decade in Nashville to be part of the songwriting community. During those years she wrote songs of faith and shared them at Liberty United Methodist Church in Brentwood, Tennessee. When they returned to Wisconsin, she and Uno led worship together at a Friday night coffeehouse ministry.