Silver Linings

About the Book

The contents of this book had their beginnings in 2001, not with the expectation that they would be published, but that they might be a source of comfort to a small group of friends. Administered in a one-a-day fashion in connection with a daily devotion, it quickly became manifest that their would also serve as a source of therapy for their writer. Since their beginning on that early spring day I have spent the quiet moments of my late evenings and/or early mornings in silent meditation and prayer, and then the words would come forth.

About the Author

Jon Hanning is a husband, father, grandfather, pastor and poet. Born in 1959 and raised in Ohio… a mixture of country, small town and city life has helped this author to develop his thinking process as a result of his exposure to so many different categories of people… red, yellow, black and white and all hues in between… Christian, Jew, Hindu, Mohammedan etc. Married for 27 years and father of two children, he began writing at about age 15, first in little songs about his life experience and family, then eventually Christian poetry, mostly as therapy for himself. After sharing some of his thoughts with friends he was encouraged to do it all the more. He first did so by sending out a Daily Devotional accompanied by one of his poems… and since then, at the urging of others has agreed to produce this book of poems… Silver Linings… a sampling of his collection of poems from the last six years. Described as “rich in depth and meaning” and as stating “just what I feel but am not capable of putting in words” these poems have touched the lives of many. Perhaps they will touch your life too.