The Johnson Death Café is pleased to host author Peter Panagore who will present “How Dying Taught Me That Death is Just the Beginning” – a lecture and discussion about his near death experience on Tuesday September 20, 2016 at 7 pm at the Johnson Town Municipal Building. This event is free and everyone is welcome.Currently a retired pastor, Panagore hosts daily inspirational TV and radio broadcasts, writes for The Huffington Post, and lives in coastal Maine with his wife. He earned his M. Div. from Yale Divinity School. His 30 years of meditative practice and his work as a pastor with the dying and grieving has given Panagore a unique insight and perspective on heaven, God, death, life, love, beauty, and hope, all of which will undoubtedly be explored in his upcoming lecture.