{"id":2055852,"date":"2023-10-04T19:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T23:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prayer-is-not-a-wish-but-a-practice-of-gratitude-to-stave-off-resentment\/"},"modified":"2023-10-04T19:18:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T23:18:23","slug":"prayer-is-not-a-wish-but-a-practice-of-gratitude-to-stave-off-resentment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prayer-is-not-a-wish-but-a-practice-of-gratitude-to-stave-off-resentment\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer is gratitude in action, not a mere wish to avoid resentment."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprayer-is-not-a-wish-but-a-practice-of-gratitude-to-stave-off-resentment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2055852&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Impact of &#8220;Duck Dynasty&#8221; and the Power \u200cof Family Meals<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The following is\u2064 a\u200b transcript excerpt from Dr. Jordan Peterson\u2019s\u200c conversation \u200dwith Willie and Korie Robertson. In this segment, \u200dthey \u2062discuss\u2064 dinner-time\u200d meals with family, what resonated with \u201cDuck Dynasty\u201d viewers, and the reality of \u200dtheir television show. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/podcasts\/the-jordan-b-peterson-podcast\/faith-fame-and-adventure-the-reality-stranger-than-fiction-willie-korie-robertson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listen to<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/faith-fame-and-adventure-the-reality-stranger-than-fiction-willie-korie-robertson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch<\/a> the full podcast episode on DailyWire+.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Start time: 1:35<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Jordan: Why do you think \u2062that what you did struck a chord with people \u200bso deeply and \u2062one that was able to\u200d be maintained?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Willie:<\/strong> \u2063Well, \u2064I\u200b think there\u2019s probably a couple \u2064reasons for that. \u2064I think people \u2062saw\u200b parts of their\u200b family in our family, \u200band so I \u200cthink it resonated especially across\u2063 generations. [We] \u2064just had a lot\u200d of people say, \u2063\u201cWow, my\u200c dad\u2019s similar to your dad,\u201d or \u201cMy mom\u2019s just like your mom,\u201d or \u201cWe\u2019ve got a crazy uncle.\u201d And so I think that was one of \u2062them. I think it was funny, and\u2062 I\u2062 think people like to laugh and have \u200cfun. \u2062And I also think the faith\u200c aspect was a big part of it with\u2063 the prayer at the end. It wasn\u2019t overtly\u2063 religious, but\u200c it was wholesome I guess.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_630919\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-630919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DailyWire+<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Jordan: <\/strong>So what role do you think the faith \u2062played?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Korie: <\/strong>I \u2062actually\u200b think it\u2063 played\u200d a \u2062really big role. I think that, you know, we ended every episode \u2062around the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/remember-we-are-the-majority-here-are-ideas-on-what-we-can-do-moving-forward\/\" title=\"Remember We Are the Majority \u2013 Here Are Idea\u2019s On What We Can Do Moving Forward\">dinner table<\/a>\u200d and we said\u200b a\u2064 prayer. And we really didn\u2019t have any \u2064grand \u200dscheme for\u200b that. We just did it because\u200c it\u2019s kind of what our \u2062family does. And so we said a prayer and that just had such an impact\u2063 on people. \u2063I feel like that\u2019s\u200c the most common thing people commented on as we\u2019ve traveled \u200dthe world. It\u200d was just sitting around the table\u2063 and \u200dbeing grateful for what\u2019s\u200b before \u2064you. \u2062You know, it was just this idea that we would submit \u2063to God and give gratefulness, give \u2062thankfulness, to\u2063 him before we have\u2064 a meal.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And Willie mentioned that nostalgia. I think\u200b there was this [going] back to something \u2062that we\u2019ve lost \u200das a country, as a people. Whenever we did the show, I think that the \u200dnetwork and the executives \u200dthought that we\u2062 were\u200b going to\u200c look like this \u200bLouisiana \u200cfamily that\u2019s \u200cso different and unique, and that we hunt for a living and we eat\u2062 squirrels and all this, and\u200c that \u200dpeople would maybe look at us and be like, \u200d\u201cOh, they\u2019re so different and outside of the norm,\u201d or whatever. But instead, people actually looked at us and\u200d were like, \u201cOh, that\u2019s like \u200dmy family,\u201d or \u201cThat\u2019s \u200blike \u200cmy family used to be,\u201d or \u201cThat is something that \u2062I long for in \u2063our family is\u200b to \u2063be able to come \u2062together at the end of the\u200d day around the\u200d dinner table.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_630875\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-630875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DailyWire+.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Willie:<\/strong> I think in the\u2064 aspect \u2063when you \u200dsay, \u201cThat\u2019s what we used to be,\u201d if you\u2019re sitting \u200baround a table where we ended\u200c every episode \u2014 I think \u2063people [saw] that, going, \u201cWow, we never sit together and eat. You know, we\u2019re always\u200b running \u200cand gunning and grabbing fast food.\u201d\u200d And so I think they saw \u2062that\u200c and were like,\u2062 \u201cWow, maybe \u200dwe \u2064did that at \u2064a \u2062holiday or growing up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And so that was one of\u200b the parts where,\u2063 maybe they \u200bdidn\u2019t \u2062say \u200da prayer or maybe they used to, and maybe \u200bthey\u2063 heard about it. So I\u200b think \u200cthey \u2063kind of really enjoyed that, even if they don\u2019t \u2064do it. Some of them did and\u200d said, \u201cHey, now we\u2019ve changed our whole\u2064 structure \u2063and\u200d now we sit down and we\u2064 eat \u2063together.\u201d But \u2062they could kind of see that, and so I do think it was kind of a throwback.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/faith-fame-and-adventure-the-reality-stranger-than-fiction-willie-korie-robertson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH: The Jordan \u2062B.\u200b Peterson Podcast<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Korie:<\/strong> It was really interesting to me because I think it was a funny show. It was like a \u2064sitcom. It was a funny show about our family, but it impacted people in\u200d really \u2063powerful ways. People\u2063 would come\u200d up in tears \u200csaying, \u201cNow \u2062my family eats dinner together because \u200dof your show.\u201d Or, \u201cMy husband goes to church now because he \u200csaw real \u200dmen that\u200b just \u2064love God and can be normal people,\u201d or things\u2062 like, \u201cI watched \u2064it with my\u200b dad \u2063who had cancer, and \u2062it brought us joy and laughter and \u2062positivity and hope in a \u2063time that was \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-odonnell-americas-first-christmas-that-changed-the-course-of-history\/\" title=\"Exclusive--O'Donnell: America\u2019s First Christmas that Changed the Course of History\">darkest time<\/a> of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_630881\" style=\"width: 522px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-630881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DailyWire+.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Jordan: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I remember \u200dI read \u200ba\u200c couple of years ago, \u200bI think, 30% of households in the U.K. now have no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-sides-with-man-fighting-gun-seizure-after-mental-health-episode\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Sides With Man Fighting Gun Seizure After Mental Health Episode\">dining room table<\/a>. So people \u2062don\u2019t eat\u2064 together. As a psychologist, it is\u2062 very\u2062 interesting to me to consider the role \u2062of the table in the\u2062 union of families and in the socialization of children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I mean, first\u2062 of all, \u2064people, human beings, do something very strange at a table, and\u2062 it\u2019s so normal\u200d in some\u200c ways that no\u2062 one notices it. But \u2064human beings are really the\u2063 only\u200c animals that formally share food. It is\u2064 a very \u2063strange thing \u200bto do. I mean, even if \u2063you have \u200da dog that loves you, he is \u200dgenerally not that happy if you try to take\u2063 his bone away in his\u200d dinner dish; \u200dthe carnivore comes back out. The fact \u200dthat people can actually share \u200dfood and that they can \u2063do that even when\u200d they are hungry is really quite the miracle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is also the case that at\u2062 the dinner \u200dtable is \u2063when you get to share your day; you \u200beach get to talk and \u2063to listen. That is a \u200bvery good place to \u200dinculcate manners into\u200d your children. It is a good place for everybody to keep track\u2063 of everyone \u2064else and what is going on in their day and their week and so forth. And it is a \u200dgood time for everyone to come together and discuss the separate elements of their life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In\u200b the Old \u200cTestament, there is an immense emphasis on hospitality\u200c on the grounds of \u2063morality\u200b itself \u2014 hospitality to a stranger. But the same \u2063thing \u200dapplies within your family. You said that your \u200dproducers were\u2064 convinced \u2062that your\u200c family, in some sense, would \u200cbe \u2062an oddity \u200b [and] out of the norm. I guess one of the things they \u200ddid not consider was that not only in \u200bsome ways\u2063 were you guys \u2062not out of the norm, but [you were] \u200cthe\u2063 actual norm. But even more than that, you \u2063represented a kind of nostalgic ideal. And obviously that\u200b was centered at\u200c least in part around the dinner \u200ctable and around prayer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then\u2063 you \u2063also said that\u200d the\u2064 mealtime prayer gave you a chance to \u2063be grateful. That\u200b really struck me as interesting, too, because\u2064 one of the things \u2062that people do not really\u2064 understand about prayer \u2014 they think about \u200cit as a kind of a wish, \u2064let\u2019s say\u2063 \u2014\u2063 is that it is actually \u200ba practice.\u2062 And you can practice being\u200c grateful. The reason you should practice being grateful is, first of all, you notice what you have to be grateful about. And if your foot is not caught in a bear trap while you are dying of cancer, you have plenty to \u200cbe grateful for. And so practicing that makes\u200d you much more \u2064aware of it. But \u2062it is\u200c also a\u200c really good\u200d way of staving off \u200cresentment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s striking to me how\u200c much impact the fact that you guys sat around the table and \u200dall \u200ctalked together and \u200bthat\u200b you started that\u200b off with a prayer of gratitude<\/span><b>. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s \u2062really striking to me how much of an effect\u200b that had \u2063on your\u200b audience and the\u2062 fact that also\u2062 people use that as a \u2064model.\u200c What did you conclude\u200c from\u200c that? It must have been surprising to you, right? To have that impact?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Willie: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It really was \u2063because to us, it just seemed like a small part of \u2062life that we\u2019ve done thousands of times.\u2064 I guess I thought most\u200d people \u200dwould be like, \u201cOh, they\u2019re saying \u200ba prayer, and that\u2019s what we all\u2062 do.\u201d And so [what] was striking to me is that a lot of people didn\u2019t do\u200c that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Or like I \u200dsaid, they used to do\u2063 that or they didn\u2019t do that [anymore]. And it had this big impact on them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To \u2063hear the rest of the conversation, \u200bcontinue by\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/podcasts\/the-jordan-b-peterson-podcast\/faith-fame-and-adventure-the-reality-stranger-than-fiction-willie-korie-robertson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listening<\/a> \u2064 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/faith-fame-and-adventure-the-reality-stranger-than-fiction-willie-korie-robertson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watching<\/a> this\u200c episode on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DailyWire+<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jordanbpeterson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Jordan B. Peterson<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u200dis a clinical\u2062 psychologist and professor emeritus at \u200bthe University of Toronto. From 1993 to 1998 he served \u200das\u2064 assistant and then associate professor of psychology at Harvard. \u200bHe is the international \u2063bestselling author of <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maps of\u2064 Meaning<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">12 Rules For Life<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beyond\u2064 Order<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. You can now <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/podcasts\/the-jordan-b-peterson-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">listen to<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  or<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/watch\/jordan-peterson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  watch<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  his popular lectures on DailyWire+.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CLICK \u200bHERE TO \u200cGET\u2062 THE DAILY \u2063WIRE APP<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> In \u2062what ways did the portrayal of faith\u200c in &#8220;Duck Dynasty&#8221; resonate with viewers \u2062and influence their own beliefs and practices?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Started saying a prayer at the end of our\u2062 meals because of\u200c your\u2063 show.\u201d So I\u200d think that was \u2064part \u2063of it where they saw\u2064 that, and maybe they wanted that in \u2064their \u2062family and they \u2064just \u2062weren\u2019t \u2062doing it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jordan: <\/strong>There\u2019s an element\u200b here of a kind of \u200cresurgent traditionalism \u2062in the show. \u2062Right?\u2062 Because it was\u200d depicted \u2063as \u2064unconventional, \u200b\u200cbut what \u2064it actually \u2062seemed to be doing was\u2064 signaling back\u2009 to\u2062 a tradition that had in some sense been \u2063lost, right?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Willie:<\/strong> Definitely. It\u2019s\u2064 funny, whenever we did the\u200b show, \u2062the network looked\u2063 at our family and\u200d said, \u201cMan, they\u2019re\u2062 so unique \u2064and\u2063 different.\u201d \u2063But really what \u2062I\u200d realized was\u200b that we were actually doing \u200cwhat everyday\u200b \u200cpeople \u2064used to \u200bdo. And so people looked at that \u2014 kind of\u2062 \u200cgoing back \u200dto that \u200bnostalgic thing \u2014 and \u2063just enjoyed it.\u200c You know, no matter where \u2063we travel,\u2064 people \u200cwould\u200d say, \u201cThank you for letting us feel like it\u2019s\u2063 \u2062ok to\u200c enjoy our \u200cfamily and have fun and\u2062 laugh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Korie:<\/strong> Yeah, \u2062it was almost like\u200b \u201950s sitcoms\u200c \u200cwhere the family was all \u200dsitting \u2063down together.\u200b I feel like \u2062that is something that people mentioned\u2062 a lot, \u2062\u200bthat \u2062it was\u2061 this \u200d\u200dn\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/microsoft-gives-digital-assistant-clippy-new-life\/\" title=\"Microsoft Gives Digital Assistant \u2018Clippy\u2019 New Life\">ostalgic thing<\/a> for them of the way \u2062things \u200dwere used to \u2061be. \u200a \u200a\u200a\u2006\u2004\u2005\u200a \u2002\u200a \u2008\u2000 \u200d\u200d\u200d\u200f\u200d\u200d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>The Impact of &#8220;Duck Dynasty&#8221;\u200b and the Power of Family Meals<\/h2>\n<p>The hit reality TV show &#8220;Duck Dynasty&#8221; captivated audiences with its portrayal of the Robertson family, a\u2064 quirky Louisiana family who \u2062found\u200d success \u200bin the duck call business. The show&#8217;s popularity stemmed from various factors,\u2064 including its relatability, humor, and subtle portrayal of faith. In a conversation between Dr. \u200dJordan Peterson and Willie \u2062and Korie Robertson, the couple reflected on the reasons \u2064behind the \u2062show&#8217;s deep and lasting impact.<\/p>\n<p>One\u200d significant aspect of &#8220;Duck Dynasty&#8221; that resonated \u200bwith viewers was the depiction\u200b of family dynamics. Many people saw elements of \u2064their own families in the Robertsons, from\u200d the quirky uncles to the \u200bstrong parental \u200cfigures.\u200b This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prayer-is-not-a-wish-but-a-practice-of-gratitude-to-stave-off-resentment\/\" title=\"Prayer is gratitude in action, not a mere wish to avoid resentment.\">relatability bridged generational gaps<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Jordan Peterson converses with Willie and Korie Robertson, discussing family dinners, &#8220;Duck Dynasty&#8221; viewers&#8217; connection, and the show&#8217;s authenticity. For the complete podcast episode, visit DailyWire+. 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