I grew up in Portland, Connecticut where I regularly attended an Episcopal Church.  I joined the choir and later became an altar boy.  After high school, I went to the University of Virginia on a Navy R.O.T.C. scholarship.  I graduated in 1976 with a B.A.in Environmental Science and was commissioned an ensign in the U.S. Navy.  I reported to flight school in Pensacola, Florida where a friend of mine invited me to a local Presbyterian church.  The following Tuesday, a couple of men from the church visited me at my quarters and asked me "If I were to die, do I know for sure that I would go to heaven?"  That night I gave my life to Jesus Christ and was born-again.  Fellow students involved in the Navigators helped me grow in Christ.  When I transferred to Norfolk, Virginia in August 1977, I attended a Presbyterian church in Virginia Beach, Virginia and was discipled by a dear friend for a year.  In November 1978, I transferred to San Diego, California and reported aboard Naval Air Station Miramar as a Naval Flight Officer flying the E-2C aircraft.  I quickly became involved in the San Diego Navigator ministry to Naval Officers. I deployed on the USS Kitty Hawk from May 1979 to February 1980 and again from April 1981 to November 1981. During both deployments, I led an interdenominational Bible study for the officers on board.  

In January 1982, I felt God's call to attend seminary and continued part-time graduating with a Masters of Theological Studies in 1988 from Bethel Seminary-West Campus.  Following seminary, I realized my call was one of a tent-maker, to minister after the normal business day.  In October 1991, I was asked to teach night Bible school in Tijuana, Mexico.  From January 1992 to June 1993, I was the dean of a Bible school in Tijuana while the resident missionary, who had founded the school, was on sabbatical.  In August 1994, I took a job as a civil servant, working as an Environmental Protection Specialist on an admiral's staff, ensuring naval air stations remained in environmental compliance.  I graduated with a Masters of Science in Environmental Management in September 1995 from West Coast University.  In November 1995, while working as a civil servant for the U.S. Navy, a friend of mine sent me a devotional that she had received by email.  I realized that there was a need during the workweek for Christians to be encouraged in their walk with Jesus Christ.  Devotional E-Mail formally started in April 1996 and has subscribers throughout the world.  I became a Billy Graham Rapid Response Team chaplain in 2015. 

I am a member of Breakwater Community Church in Oceanside, CA. and write a second devotional each week which follows the pastor's sermon. 

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Sincerely, Peter Kennedy