Through faith in Jesus Christ, Connection Magazine's
editor-in-chief, Jon Hanna over came a trial of injury
and impending poverty. After a postal injury left him
with a herniated disc in his neck and the threat of
paralization, with or without surgery, Jon Hanna turned
to the ultimate physician, Jesus Christ. "The Lord restored
my ability to praise Him and that's when my recovery and
restoration began," Hanna declares. Out of work since
December of 1996, the Lord reminded Hanna of a vision
he had in 1992 and led him to 'do it.'  In February of 1997,
jobless and still recovering from his injury, he obeyed the
Lord and started Connection Magazine, a free Christian
publication designed to 'connect Christian with Christian,
church with church and the unsaved lost sinner with Jesus.
After writing his vision on paper, many began to sign large,
one-year contracts, and writers such as former Hollywood
soap star, Gail Ramsey; former NFL punter, Brian Wagner; renowned financial consultant Larry Burkett; and
others, committed to submit articles for the magazine. By
May 1997, just 3 months after pursuing the vision,
Connection Magazine was available at Northern Ohio,
Finast Supermarkets; Cuyahoga County Libraries; Christian Bookstores; and many Churches in Greater
Cleveland. Now Connection Magazine is in all Cleveland
Public Libraries. The magazine is also available at many other locations including the Galleria, and Tower City in Downtown, Cleveland. "It was either God speaking to me or just vain
imagination to start this. I figured that if it was vain imagination, nothing would come of it, but if it's really the Lord, then
everything will come together," says Hanna. Obviously it has,
as the response from the Christian businesses and churches has
been very favorable for Connection Magazine. It is proving to
be a conduit to help bring about the unity of the body of Jesus
Christ. Hanna is intent on giving all praise and glory to Jesus,
Lord and Savior, 'the lifter of our head and restorer of our soul. What the devil means for evil, God will turn around for good.