Keeping good company

As many of you may already know, I'm going to the Parliament of the World's Religions this July. I'm SO excited. I'm taking a seminary course to prepare, with LOTS of required reading. I ordered my books from Amazon already, including one especially for fans of Lord of the Rings. (Confession: I am not a fan of Lord of the Rings. I am, however, a geek.)

Anyhow. Here's the speaker list I got today. See if you can't hide your envy:

• His Holiness the Dalai Lama
• Jane Goodall
• Karen Armstrong
• Mairead Corrigan McGuire
• Deepak Chopra
• Hans Kung
• Ela Ghandi
• Cornel West
• Ben Harper
• Cat Stevens