JESUS LISTENS: STORIES OF PRAYER: “How Can We Foster Gratitude? FT. Ainsley Earhardt”

Here's the good news up front: this is a six-minute episode with a dominant Christian worldview, a deep love for Jesus, and — in Movieguide's assessment — no questionable elements whatsoever. You can hit play with your whole family and never once reach for the pause button.

Host Susie McEntire-Eaton sits down with author and broadcast journalist Ainsley Earhardt for an intimate, cozy conversation about gratitude, motherhood, and trusting God. The heart of it is right where you'd want it: keep a sincere heart of thankfulness toward God for all things.

The catch is craft, not content. The talk wanders — jumping from the book's origins to gratitude to raising daughters to parental discipline — and the transitions can leave you wondering if you missed a piece. It's encouraging, not polished.

So if you want a short, safe, faith-filled watch and won't mind a loose thread or two, this one is worth watching.

The "Stories of Prayer" series invites guests from entertainment, music, and literature to share how prayer has shaped their lives, with host Susie McEntire-Eaton drawing out intimate, uplifting conversations built on one promise: Jesus always listens.

In this episode, she interviews New York Times bestselling author and broadcast journalist Ainsley Earhardt about her new children's illustration book, America, I'm So Glad You Were Born — a celebration of America and of gratitude. From there the two talk about Earhardt's background, how the book came to be, and the everyday work of motherhood.

Two stars, and here's what they mean: the heart is fully present, the polish is not. The production uses a standard back-and-forth format that mirrors a Zoom call, and that choice pays off — it creates an intimate, cozy feel. The editing is noticeable in its visual cuts but not inherently distracting, though at one point the guest moves, shifting the background and camera angle.

The real weakness is shape. The narrative feels scattered. The conversation touches the author's background, pivots to gratitude, then to raising daughters, then to generational differences in discipline. The gratitude examples — appreciation for air, for food — offer good advice but grow repetitive, and the disjointed transitions can confuse the audience. Warm and sincere, but it never quite finds its through-line.

This episode carries a dominant Christian and biblical worldview, and it wears it plainly. The host and guest explicitly emphasize maintaining a heart of sincere gratitude toward God for all things — not gratitude as a vague good feeling, but thankfulness aimed squarely at the Giver.

What the episode exalts is exactly what Scripture exalts. Gratitude, honored parenting, and a trust in God's care run all the way through it. The closing reading from Sarah Young's devotional Jesus Calling highlights a submissive, trusting attitude toward God's ultimate sovereignty, echoing the biblical truth that "the Lord gives and the Lord takes away."

That's the same posture Job took when everything was stripped from him — "the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord" (Job 1:21). Gratitude, at its deepest, isn't about circumstances turning out well; it's about knowing the One who holds them. This short conversation points, gently but truly, in that direction.

Six minutes, one warm conversation, and a heart set squarely on thanking God — that's the deal here. It rambles a bit, and the polish is thin, but there's nothing in it to trouble a single member of your family. So our answer stands: worth watching. Play it, be encouraged, and let it prompt a gratitude conversation of your own.