Christmas Part 1 • President Bonnie Cordon • Dec. 22-28 • Come Follow Me

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🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Why is receiving the Savior sometimes harder than celebrating Him? President Bonnie H. Cordon examines how to make Christmas intentionally Christ-centered, how to receive the Savior without fear or insecurity, and how The Living Christ, family traditions, and the sacrament invite us to accept God’s greatest gift. SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastDC252EN French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastDC252FR German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastDC252DE Portu...

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0:00.0	Coming up in this episode on Follow Him.
0:04.0	Our wallets were really thin. We didn't have much money. We just had a lot on our plate. We were both working full-time and Christmas was coming.
0:11.8	You just want to buy the right present and you want to have Christmas and it's your first Christmas.
0:16.6	I honestly do not remember what I got Derek, but I will never forget what he gave me.
0:27.1	Merry Christmas from Follow Him.
0:30.6	My name is Hink Smith and I am your host.
0:33.9	I am here with my matchless co-host, John, by the way.
0:39.5	John, you are the best co-host I've ever had on Follow Him.
0:42.8	You are matchless.
0:45.1	Of all the things you've ever said to me, Hank, that's one of them.
0:48.6	That is.
0:52.3	John, Merry Christmas.
0:57.6	Tell me about Christmas in the By-the- the way home. Tell me what comes to mind.
1:05.8	You remember how when Samuel the Lamanite prophesied and there was the death of Christ on the other side of the planet, they could feel the vapor of darkness.
1:12.6	I feel like on the opposite end, with Christmas, it's almost a palpable feeling in the air. There's this joy of Christ in the air and you can almost feel it. That's what I think of now in my old age
1:19.3	is just, can you feel that Christmas spirit everywhere? I love that. John, we are privileged
1:26.2	today to have with us, President Bonnie H. Corden.
1:30.2	John, she had the title of president earlier when she was in the General Young Women's.
1:36.9	Now she's president again, President Gordon again, out at Southern Virginia University.
1:43.7	President Corden, thank you for taking time for us.
1:46.5	Thank you for being here.
1:47.9	It's wonderful to be here.
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