Who are the friends that, despite different paths chosen, have remained steadfast in your life?In <a href="https://onbeing.org/poetry/all-my-friends-are-finding-new-beliefs">this poem</a> Christian Wiman recalls the changing beliefs of his friends; this one has a new diet, this one has a new relationship, this one is slipping away, this one is verdant. While doing so, he holds the love for his “beautiful, credible friends” as the thing to hold on to while the planet turns faster.Christian Wiman is the author of numerous works of poetry and prose, including <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/he-held-radical-light-the-art-of-faith-the-faith-of-art/9781250249456">He Held Radical Light: The Art of Faith, the Faith of Art</a> and a new book of poems, <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/survival-is-a-style-poems/9780374272050">Survival Is a Style: Poems</a>. He is a professor at Yale Divinity School.Find the transcript for this show at <a href="https://onbeing.org/programs/christian-wiman-all-my-friends-are-finding-new-beliefs/#transcript">onbeing.org</a>.

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