Peter Panagore, MDiv, is an internationally acclaimed author and spiritual counselor. Best known for his Audible International Best-Seller, Heaven Is Beautiful: How Dying Taught Me That Death Is Just the Beginning, Panagore has had two near-death experiences that profoundly altered his life. After earning his BA in English Literature from the University of Massachusetts in 1982, he shifted his focus from architecture to theology, completing his Master of Divinity at Yale University with a concentration in the Classics of Western Mysticism.

Panagore served progressive New England churches and their communities for over two decades, all the while continuing his private mystical studies. In his 15-year tenure as a television writer, he authored stories of hope and inspiration for his daily NBC-TV morning news broadcast across Maine and New Hampshire, reaching an audience of 30 million viewers annually, according to Nielsen Ratings. His first book, Two Minutes for God, is a Maine Best Seller, derived from his TV segments and now available worldwide.

A natural-born mystic with four decades of Centering Prayer, Silence, and Chakra Yoga practice, Panagore currently hosts "Not Church: Mysticism No Doctrine No Dogma No Bravo Sierra" on his YouTube channel, provides spiritual counseling via Zoom and teaches meditation and yoga to an international community. He resides in a quaint coastal town in Maine, USA.

Even though Peter has left the United Church of Christ, his ordination remains intact by law, enabling him to perform weddings in the State of Maine legally.

I left the United Church of Christ and went into broadcast TV and radio.