Other writing

Jessica’s novels:

The Memory Garden

Tangled Roots (coming fall 2025)

Hidden Seeds (coming spring 2026)

Jessica’s devotionals:

Preparing Our Hearts: An Advent Devotional to Draw Closer to God

Feed My Sheep

More Like Jesus: A Devotional Journey

Jessica’s nonfiction compilations:

Darkness to Light: Finding Jesus in the Valley of Mental Illness

Feed My Sheep: A 40-Day Devotional to Develop a Heart for Hunger Ministry

More Like Jesus: A Devotional Journey

Jessica’s blogs:

Shining the Light blog (weekly)

Wholly Loved Ministries (monthly or bimonthly)

Alexis Goring’s Devotionals for the Heart blog (monthly)

Jessica’s freelance writing:

For various publications, including Crosswalk, iBelieve, Bible Study Tools, Christianity.com, and more. Some recent articles:

• What Does it Mean to Be an Ambassador of Christ? https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-ambassador-of-christ.html

• What is the Purpose of Jesus Interceding for Us in Heaven? https://www.christianity.com/wiki/jesus-christ/purpose-of-jesus-interceding-for-us-in-heaven.html

• Why God Will Give You More than You Can Handle https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/spiritual-life/why-god-will-give-you-more-than-you-can-handle.html

• How Can the Spirit Be Willing but the Flesh Be Weak? https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/bible-study/how-can-the-spirit-be-willing-but-the-flesh-be-weak.html

• What is the Synoptic Problem? https://www.christianity.com/wiki/christian-terms/what-is-the-synoptic-problem.html

• What does it Mean that God Inhabits the Praise of His People? https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/what-does-it-mean-that-god-inhabits-the-praise-of-his-people.html

• what Pronoun is Used for the Holy Spirit? https://www.christianity.com/wiki/holy-spirit/what-pronoun-is-used-for-the-holy-spirit-he-she-or-it.html

• What is the Significance of the Road to Emmaus? https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/what-is-the-significance-of-the-road-to-emmaus.html

• What was the Spiritual Purpose of the Ephod? https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/what-was-the-spiritual-purpose-of-the-ephod.html

• What is the Meaning of Gehenna in the Bible? https://www.christianity.com/wiki/heaven-and-hell/what-is-the-meaning-of-gehenna-in-the-bible.html

• What is the Fear of the Lord? https://www.christianity.com/wiki/god/what-is-the-fear-of-the-lord.html

• How Has Freedom in Christ Set Us Free? https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/how-has-the-freedom-in-christ-set-us-free.html

• What Does it Mean that God is a Jealous God? https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/bible-study/what-does-it-mean-that-god-is-a-jealous-god.html

• How Does God Make Everything Beautiful in Its Own Time? https://www.christianity.com/wiki/god/how-does-god-make-everything-beautiful-in-its-own-time.html

• Why Was Jesus Crucified? https://www.crosswalk.com/special-coverage/easter/why-was-jesus-crucified.html

• Should Every Christian Strive to Be Like the Apostles? https://www.christianity.com/wiki/christian-life/should-every-christian-strive-to-be-like-the-apostles.html

• What Does the Greek Word Kairos Mean in the Bible? https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/bible-study/what-does-the-greek-word-kairos-mean-in-the-bible.html

• What Happened During Jesus’s Last Hours Before His Death? https://www.christianity.com/wiki/holidays/what-happened-during-jesus-last-hours-before-his-death.html

• What Is the Love Language of Quality Time? https://www.christianity.com/wiki/christian-life/what-is-the-love-language-of-quality-time.html

• How Does Joy Come in the Morning? https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/how-does-joy-come-in-the-morning.html

• How Did Jesus Become Sin if He Knew No Sin? https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/bible-study/how-did-jesus-become-sin-if-he-knew-no-sin.html

• What Does it Mean to Have Godly Sorrow? https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/bible-study/what-does-it-mean-to-have-godly-sorrow.html

• What Does it Mean to be a God-Fearing Christian? https://www.christianity.com/wiki/god/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-god-fearing-christian.html

• What Does it Mean to be Washed in the Blood? https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/spiritual-life/what-does-it-mean-to-be-washed-in-the-blood.html

Jessica’s religious journalism articles for the monthly print newspaper, South Carolina United Methodist Advocate:

• Serving all God’s children: Small church, big outreach at Bethel

• Walking example: Pastor loses 40 pounds from new regimen

• Mother grateful for church first-aid training that enabled her to save her toddler’s life

• Church spreads Christmas cheer to storm victims

• Wrapped in love: Ministry gives hope for families fighting cancer

• Blessing boxes: First UMC helps Fairfield County needy

• Side by side, couple in 80s crafts quilts for children in need

• Eight-sided wonder: McBee Chapel UMC

• Gospel brought to life onstage through couple’s weekly live theater performance

• From PTSD to ‘Jesus Loves Me’

• As retirement looms, Killingsworth director reflects on home’s legacy of transformation

• Weekly breakfast ministry helps Greenville homeless

• Thanks to Orangeburg District, Ghana Teach Center Complete

• One in Christ: South Main Chapel and Mercy Center

• Annie’s Home: UMCSC Completes Near-Rebuild for Flood Victim

• Stronger Than Ever: Advent UMC Rallies After Fire

• Sellers blitz: ‘I thank God for y’all”

• UMCSC funds team to come alongside Emanuel 9 survivors

• Small Shiloh embarks on big expansion to help community

• Love in action: Nichols hurricane blitz

• After the hurricane: UMCSC sends teams, supplies

• New Rural Mission chapel drives future of ministry

• Small but mighty: Sharon UMC feeds 400 a month

• One year after the flood: where are we now?

• SEJ makes history, elects first female African-American bishop

• Fitness for all

• From Woman at the Well to well woman

• Therefore, go: A South Carolina perspective on General Conference

• Advent closes on third bridge home for homeless families in Upstate

• From a stable to a church: Waters Edge

• Six months after the flood

• Beds for kids

• After the rain: UMCSC shifts to phase two in flood relief

• Faith through the flood

• UMCSC Spanish outreach provides help, hope after flood

• Chaplain shares tales of flood’s ‘ordinary heroes’

• Hand or paw, God loves us all: Animal ministry

• Reaching up, reaching out: McCormick seniors mentor troubled youth

• Feeding hungry kids, one bologna sandwich at a time

• The Graying of the UMCSC

• Journey of faith: Couple embraces light, hope while navigating rare cancers

• Churches gather for prayer, unity after Charleston man shot by police officer

• Jesus 101: Middle-school Bible ministry in Upstate

• Awake: Pastor Releases Debut Album Penned during Husbands Battle with Cancer

• Showing Up and Being Real

• Helping ‘the Folks from the Woods’

• Three-part series on how the church reaches out to those in need. Part 1: Healing in the Church. Part 2: Mental Health and the Church. Part 3: Addiction and the Church.

• Modern-Day Circuit Riders

• Op-ed: Be Kindness

• Op-ed: The Man Who Waves

• A Fresh Start

• Hope at Silver Hill

• ‘Church of the Locked Gate’ Swings Doors Wide Open

• Op-ed: Moving Forward Together

• Fighting Poverty through Friendship

• Faith After the Flood

• Camp Providence: A Safe Haven

• Prayer Warriors

• Gospel Grass

• Going Solar

• Vacation from the Pain

• OpEd: Holy Moments

• OpEd: Fear Factor

• Dawsey’s Resurrection

• Dunean UMC Becomes First “Reconciling” Church in S.C.

• Two by Two

• Church, Locks of Love Help Girl with Alopecia

• Forever Friends

• ARCH Ministries: Afterschool Program Makes Difference at Foundational Level

• Op-ed: From Martha to Mary

• Op-ed: Faith and a Zip Line

• Greenville Hunger Effort

• The Bridge

• Helping the Stranger

• Still Singing

• Peace in Sudan, Peace Everywhere

• New Mission for Rural Mission

• Archers for Christ

• Wesley Riders

• Shelter from the Storm

• Pastor Ink

• Spirit Singers

• Feeding Mouths, Feeding Souls

Read more of her work at www.advocatesc.org or www.umc.org (search Jessica Brodie or her former name, Jessica Connor).