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Nolong and Yahosh Bonner: 'Living Our Ancestors' Wildest Dreams'

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.86.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

A song, "I Want Jesus to Walk with Me," once carried hope through generations who believed a brighter future would come. Today, Nolong Bonner Bullock and Yahosh Bonner say they're living that future. In this episode, they open up about heritage, gratitude, and the responsibility of honoring those who came before them.

3:21- Writing a Book as a Family
5:53- Bucket List Experiences
9:28- African Heritage
11:22- The Weight of a Name
13:58- Sibling Dynamics
17:58- Spending Time With the Savior
21:01- Family Councils and Intentional Parenting
26:36- Unity in the Home
31:00- Gender, Race and Priesthood
37:16- The Next Generation
38:54- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ? 

"He's the end all, be all. He makes all the decisions. Everything makes sense through Him." 

Links:
Preorder the Bonners' new book here- https://www.deseretbook.com/product/PR00001659.html

The Bonners in Kansas City- https://youtube.com/shorts/xx2BIniskQc?si=jtBf1hERgmhhVJiW

The Bonners National Anthem at the NBA All-Star Game-https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aJlm14WU4pw&pp=ygUeVGhlIGJvbm5lciBmYW1pbHkgbmJhIGFsbC1zdGFy&ra=m
  
The Bonners NBA All-Star Game recap- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PnCU8jUirSw&pp=ygUeVGhlIGJvbm5lciBmYW1pbHkgbmJhIGFsbC1zdGFy&ra=m

Transcript

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0:00.0

Yehosh Bonner often quotes the saying,

0:03.4

We are our ancestors' wildest dreams.

0:06.9

This is the reason the Bonner family takes nothing they've experienced over the last decade for granted.

0:13.0

At the end of their new book, I want Jesus to walk with me, they write,

0:17.6

beginning with our ancestors through our parents, through us, to our children and

0:22.1

children's children, the legacy continues, perhaps even greater than we left it. Ultimately,

0:28.5

the faith in the Lord that defines and refines us flows through each of us uniquely forming

0:34.1

the firm facets of our family, inextricably linked together for all eternity, end

0:40.4

quote. No Long Bonner Bullock is the eldest child of Harry and Deborah Bonner. She is the

0:47.7

proud mother of four children. With all of her children now experiencing the joys of

0:52.5

adulting, no long has a little time to herself

0:55.3

and currently works at a national bank and is finishing her MBA at Emory University

1:00.8

while traveling the world with her husband, Sean.

1:05.1

Yehosh Bonner received his master's degree in professional communication from Southern Utah University. He is a TV co-host,

1:13.0

motivational speaker, MC, actor, recording artist, and athletic director. He starred in the award-winning

1:19.5

movie. His name is Green Flake. And he and his wife, Vanessa, have three sons and one daughter.

1:31.1

This Nessa have three sons and one daughter. This is All In, an LDS Living podcast where we ask the question, what does it really

1:35.9

mean to be all in the gospel of Jesus Christ?

1:38.6

I'm Morgan Pearson, and I am so honored to have Yehosh Bonner and no long, no long,

1:44.1

what is your married last name? Bullock. Bullock. Okay. I was like, I don't, oh my gosh, I don't know it. Yeah. It is, it is such an honor to have both of you with me. And you told me before we got started that I have the two loudest bonners on this call. No, no, it was voted that way. We are not the two loudest. Yohoshua is the loudest, and I'm just a honor. No, no, no long. Come on now, sister. You win. You're number one, sister. You got it. Whatever. Isn't it so funny, though, how you have these, like, titles within your family.

2:20.6

My family calls me Fearless Leader, and it's totally sarcastic because I'm always, like,

2:26.2

overconfident about, like, where we are going and what we're doing.

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