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Welcome back to Fierce Calling! In today’s episode, host Doris Swift welcomes friend Erin Harrigan—a Christian wife, empty nest mom, sought-after speaker, business coach, and host of the award-winning podcast “Redefining Hustle: Pursuing Success as a Christian Woman.” Erin is also the author of Pursuing Success God’s Way: A Practical Guide to Hustle with Heart, and she’s here to share her journey from achieving worldly success in business to discovering what it truly means to find fulfillment and impact by letting Jesus lead.
Listen in as Erin opens up about her radical transformation after giving her life to Christ at age 46, the traps of new age thinking, and how true success is rooted in obedience, stewardship, and joy in the Lord, not in hustle or comparison. Doris and Erin dig deep into what it means to pursue God’s assignments in every season, whether you’re working in the corporate world, beginning a new adventure at home, or stepping out into something new.
You’ll walk away encouraged to seek God first in every venture, redefine success by His standards, and take practical steps toward living abundantly (not in a prosperity gospel kind of way, but God’s way) and making kingdom impact—right where you are.
Get ready for a powerful conversation that will inspire you to surrender your joy stealers, cultivate your God-given gifts, and step into your unique calling with wholehearted faith!
Episode Highlights
00:00 “Surrender Your Joy Stealers”
05:40 From New Age to Christian Faith
10:06 Pursuing Success God’s Way
11:52 “Success: A Divine Perspective”
16:00 Avoiding Distraction: Focus on Purpose
19:18 Sin, Success, and Spiritual Guidance
21:44 Walking in Faith, Not Prosperity
25:40 Embracing Change and Identity
30:39 Listening to God’s Guidance
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What Threatens to Steal Your Joy?
Check out Surrender the Joy Stealers: Rediscover the Jesus Joy in You 6-week Bible study rooted in John 15. You can find more info at https://dorisswift.com/book/
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Transcript
Doris [00:01:53]:
What is threatening to steal your joy? What is it that feels so heavy right now that you could barely stand? God has a plan, and his plan is to surrender it. Surrender it to him. It might be a prodigal. It might be a relationship, a marriage, something with your job. So many things. We have so many amazing blessings, but there are so many things in our life that threaten to steal our joy. I’m Dora Swift, author of the award winning six week bible study, Surrender the Joy Stealers Rediscover the Jesus Joy in You, And it helps women rediscover the overflowing, ever present Jesus joy within that fills, empowers, and ripens the fruit that God produces in our lives. Using personal and biblical stories, I share how you can identify your joy stealers, surrender them to God, reawaken the joy within, and share the joy with others.
Doris [00:02:56]:
You can do it on your own or with a group. Check it out, friends. Surrender the joy stealers. Rediscover the Jesus joy in you. It’s available on all the online retailers. It’s time to take your joy back.
Welcome back to the show. Today, I am very excited to welcome my friend, Erin Harrigan.
Doris [00:03:18]:
She is a Christian wife, mom, and I’ll have to mention empty nest mom, which I love because that’s what I am too, and I know some of you listening are. She is a speaker and a business coach and the host of the award winning Pursuing Success as a Christian Woman. And she wrote an amazing book we’re gonna talk about today among other things called Pursuing Success God’s Way, A Practical Guide to Hustle with Heart. And this is for women I mean, Erin coaches, entrepreneurial women, you know, women in business, but this goes for any woman who is listening right now because there is probably something in your heart or on your heart that God wants to do in and through you. Maybe it’s something new. Maybe it’s to refresh or revitalize something that you’re already doing. So we’re gonna talk about that today, and it’s so great to have you, Erin. Welcome to the show.
Erin Harrigan [00:04:16]:
Thank you, Doris. It’s such an honor to be here on your show. I know I’ve been following you for a while, and, it’s exciting to have these conversations that the Lord appoints the time. Right? So here we are today.
Doris [00:04:28]:
Here we are today. Yes. Yes. I’m so thankful that you’re on. And I just love how you talk about hustle with heart because hustle from the world’s definition can really burn us out, and I think you have some good words of wisdom to speak into that. So I would love if you would share a little bit about your story and how you’re currently taking action, where your passion, compassion, and conviction intersect.
Erin Harrigan [00:04:57]:
So I came to Jesus later in life. I gave my life to Christ at age 46 in October of twenty fourteen. I knew of the Lord growing up, but I never had a personal relationship. Right? We we so often talk about it’s not about religion, it’s about relationship. And I came to saving grace in Jesus because of a mentor of mine who I had reached out to in my, at the time, multilevel marketing business, and I just said something is not working. I have the success. The numbers look good, but I I just don’t feel like I got it where it’s supposed to be. And she said, that’s because you don’t know who you are or whose you are.
Erin Harrigan [00:05:40]:
And she asked me if I knew Jesus. Now at the time, Doris, I was very influenced by a lot of new age thinking in the company that I was in. There was a lot of talk about universe and law of attraction and manifestation. And so I had talked a good game of that, but she I call her the velvet hammer with the grace and truth, hold me out of that and led me to Jesus that day. So what then began to happen, as we all know, is once you give your life to Christ, that changes everything. And over the years, the the next four years or so, he just began to shift the way I view business, the way I do business, how I viewed success, how I viewed achievement. And then he began to bring me sisters in Christ who were walking a very similar journey, asking me to coach them. And so that’s what I started doing.
Erin Harrigan [00:06:35]:
And then in 2019, he had me start my podcast and then take that content and begin to shape what became the book that I published in 2020. So that’s the backstory. The the ongoing story is every single day asking him, where where are you taking me today and who do I need to serve? And so doing that through coaching, of course, but also opportunities like this to be a guest on a podcast or writing. I see so much power, holy spirit power, in his daughters that we either shrink back from because we think we’re not equipped and qualified or, we overachieve in. And so he’s positioned me at this place of biblical truth and business acumen to to help them understand that life at his best is letting Jesus lead. So how do we actually do that?
Doris [00:07:35]:
Yeah. That is awesome. I love how you kinda laid that out so smoothly, and the things that you brought out were really important, nuggets there. Like, for example, when you were talking about being in a multilevel company and you were you were very successful by the world standards, but there was a new age kinda ideology or mentality that you were just kind of living out. And it’s funny because sometimes we’ll hear those messages and not really identify that it is something that is not biblical. It’s new kind of a new age type thinking, very focused inward on self and Yeah. You know, success and making things happen, like, that we can think things into existence and, you know, those kind of things. Yeah.
Doris [00:08:30]:
So I’m glad that you brought that out, and I’m glad well, of course, God had that plan to send you the velvet hammer. That’s
Erin Harrigan [00:08:38]:
right. So that’s You know, I think that the the piece about the new age, Doris, I just wanna bring out a little bit is, you know, the enemy is so skilled at and he did it to Jesus. Let’s let’s not overlook the fact that he even did it to Jesus At taking the word and twisting it and fashioning it in a way that makes sense, if if we’re not solid and anchored Yeah. In in the truth. And and so even today, as I see some of these words thrown around and and I’ve even had a couple of clients who say, well, I was listening to this, and they said this. And and I and I, of course, seek holy spirit guidance, but I’m like, hold on. Let let’s look at the truth of Scripture because we can be easily deceived.
Doris [00:09:26]:
We really can. And we can think that we remember, like, you know, sometimes it’s like, well, I don’t need to be in my Bible all the time. You know, I read that already. But then sometimes, you know, the enemy could really, like, make us remember things not exactly how written how it was written. We kinda, like, tend to paraphrase or put our own add our own words to it. And so it’s so important to stay in the word and hide our the word in our heart. And, of course, as the word says so that we don’t sin against thee, but also, you know, we wanna put on our armor and we wanna be aware of the enemy.
Doris [00:10:06]:
You know, he is very cunning, like you said, and he would love nothing more than for us to, like, forget he even exists, you know, because then he can just kind of, like, get us where we’re vulnerable and, you know, so I I think it’s so important what you are doing where you are not taking out the word success because sometimes that could have like negative connotations because it kind of sometimes we really relate it to, like, striving or trying to be on top or who do we have to step on to get there and those kind of things, you know, of the world. But so what does pursuing success god God’s way look like? Like, when someone comes to you and they want help, maybe they’re coming from a corporate background or maybe they’re, you know, maybe have been a stay at home mom for years, and now their their kids are grown and they wanna pursue some new interests that they haven’t started. How would you help women that are in those situations?
Erin Harrigan [00:11:12]:
First, it’s understanding that the Lord gives each of us specific assignments. One of an author that I’ve read, Cara Stott, says that he gives us commissions. Right? We have the great commission. Mhmm. But he gives us assignments through which we show up and make an impact in the kingdom. We reflect Jesus’s light. And so number one, it’s important to realize that he does assign us. Whether we feel equipped or qualified, you may have a yearning in your heart that you know is from the Lord because you keep checking in with him about it.
Erin Harrigan [00:11:52]:
Make no mistake, he uses each of us and our gifts. But we’ve gotta look at success and understand what it means from God’s perspective. When I wrote my book, one of the books, the the authors that I was reading, was the incredible Charles Stanley. And he wrote a lot about what success meant to the Lord and this idea of sort of whole person prosperity that the Lord’s main goal for us is always to be deeply connected in relationship with him. So success to the Lord is not about the boxes we check or the the money we make or the clients that we have or the followers, etcetera. It’s really about how we’re living out our relationship with him. That said, he wants us to be good stewards of the gifts he’s given us, the talents, the assignments. Right? And so to be successful in any of those assignments is really about seeking him first and being willing to listen, but not just stop at listening.
Erin Harrigan [00:12:59]:
We’ve gotta be obedient. We have to take action. It’s also riding the fine line, Doris, of God gave me this action and not multiplying it. So I’m really good at that. Right? And he knows he knows. He’ll give me one thing to do, and I’ll say, but if I double that, I’ll have even more impact. And he he always reels me back in. So defining success from that perspective of your relationship with the Lord.
Erin Harrigan [00:13:25]:
And are you listening? Are you seeking? And then are you being obedient in it? I think the hard part for us is that the world is so loud about what success needs to look like, whether you’re on a corporate ladder or a nonprofit leader or a business owner. It’s very loud that we have to go after it and make it happen, and we have to hustle harder. And so as everything else with the enemy involved, the world has really taken some of these definitions out of context of how the Lord would define them. And so I I I love to help women redefine it so that not by our definition, but by his definition. And so pursuing success his way is really about letting him lead you in all of that.
Doris [00:14:13]:
Yeah. When we were talking about how you continually wanna oh, but I can do then I can do this and I can do that. Because we sometimes get ahead of not only ourselves, but of God’s plan of what he wants us to do. And it just reminds me of that scripture. I believe it’s in Zechariah four about not to despise small beginnings. And I think it’s kind of we can also relate that to smaller steps no matter what part of our journey we’re in because, you know, sometimes we feel like the farther along we are, the farther along we should be. And that’s not really true, is it, Erin? What would you say about that kind of thought process?
Erin Harrigan [00:14:58]:
Yeah. You know, so often, I think it comes down to two things. One is we think we know where we should be in comparison either to where we were or to where others are. And we’re clear. Right? The Lord told Joshua to not look left and right. He tells us this throughout the word. Like, no. No.
Erin Harrigan [00:15:19]:
No. Don’t pay attention to what don’t be conformed to the world. Right? You have a unique and spirit filled assignment. Pay attention to your assignment. So number one, I think we get caught up looking left and right and thinking we should be further along or, or if we are further along that we should have more or whatever that is. And then secondly, this always comes back to seeking seeking him. The foundational verses for my my business are John fifteen four and five. Right? Because we can do nothing without him, and all of our nourishment comes from the vine.
Erin Harrigan [00:16:00]:
But it can be really easy to wonder why we’re not where we should be or to to hear the noise of, well, you should have a five k month or a 10 k month, and you need to have 10,000 followers, and you need to have a hundred thousand podcast downloads and all of these numbers. And so then that distracts us from focusing on being fully devoted in what he’s given us to do. And so what I would say to women be anyone, but I would say to women who who are in those places where you feel like you’re spiraling and all of that noise is that you’ve gotta go back. You’ve gotta circle back and seek him and make that a consistent practice because you don’t know who he’s gonna cross paths for you today. You you don’t know who you’re going to impact today. And what if that person you impact was a seeker and gets to experience Jesus because of the small supposedly small step you took? I mean, really, that’s what we’re here to do. Right?
Doris [00:17:07]:
Yes. Yeah. Very true. And I love how you use the word impact because sometimes we feel like impact has to be something loud and big and celebratory when, like, you were just kind of explaining that you can make a huge impact on someone even by the smallest mustard seed of faith that you, you know, might even be carrying today or a little seed that you might plant in someone else, you know, that day. So that’s really
Doris [00:17:41]:
important and kind of more of God’s economy than we think of Amen. What we’re taught. And I love how you brought up John 15, the Bible study I wrote, surrender the joy stealers, rediscover the Jesus joy in you is rooted in John 15. So I love that passage of scripture also and how we are the branches and we need the vine. And without him, we you know, apart from him, we cannot do anything. We can do nothing.
Erin Harrigan [00:18:08]:
I think so often. My pastor was talking about this on Sunday for resurrection, how we seek the joy and the peace and the fulfillment in all of the temporal outward things. And and then so then we’re not looking to the vine for that nourishment. We’re looking outside of the vine for that nourishment. And in a new age perspective like we talked about earlier, we’re we’re seeking inside ourselves for that. Right? And so often we can be led off track because not necessarily that we’re discontent, although that’s probably what’s really underneath of it. It’s really the sin of coveting.
Doris [00:18:49]:
Yeah.
Erin Harrigan [00:18:50]:
And so we’ve gotta stay connected to the vine so that all of our nourishment and joy and peace and all of it is coming from him, and we’re not trying to find it outside where it will never measure up.
Doris [00:19:03]:
Yeah. That word covet, we we will do that and not even realize it. Yeah. We will. Sin is sneaky sometimes. You know what I mean? So sneaky. Obviously, there’s things that we know we’re not supposed to do. Like, I’m not gonna steal.
Doris [00:19:18]:
I’m not gonna, you know, do this or that, you know, that are obvious sinful behaviors. But we, in our own humanness, can tend to fall into sin or a pattern of something like that, like coveting. And, I think it’s really interesting and great how you brought out having things to show for it. Like, what you you’ve been doing, like, well, this month you have to do this much more or this much more. And, of course, anyone who’s worked in the corporate world or has maybe been, in a relationship with someone that was in the corporate. You know, there’s always someone on top that is looking down and saying, well, what are you gonna do for me today? You know, yesterday, oh, great. You did this or that, but what about today? And, you know, it’s kind of really refreshing to just follow the lord’s lead and have him direct our steps and not be under that kind of pressure. Because, like you were saying, sometimes what we might equate success to is what have we accumulated.
Doris [00:20:30]:
Like, what awards do we have on our shelf, or how big is our house, or how many cars, or what kind of cars, or, you know, those things kind of and like you were saying, measuring up, we sometimes measure success by those outward, tangible, and, you know, things that will be gone in an instant. You know? Like, we have to we have to store up our treasures in heaven. So
Erin Harrigan [00:20:59]:
Yeah. And, Doris, as you’re saying that, what’s coming up for me, thank you, Holy Spirit, is that somebody may be listening to this and going, but but I I do have numbers that I need to meet, and I do have monthly goals or quarterly goals, or I’m in sales, and I do have to hit these these milestones, etcetera. The math is real. Mhmm. We know this. Yeah. Right? At the same time, if if you are following the Lord, if you are anchored in the Lord and not letting those things define you, he will give you the strength and power to do the work in the right ways that that you will hit those numbers, even exceed those numbers. And please hear me.
Erin Harrigan [00:21:44]:
I am not talking prosperity gospel here. But when we are walking in the center of his will, we have all experienced moments where things have happened or things came together, and we thought, what what the heck happened? Right? I’m standing in the house that the Lord brought us to that we did not see on our radar earlier this year. And so, yes, I acknowledge that the numbers are real and there’s work that we have to do. Right? But it’s seeking him daily to say, what is my part in this? How can I show up and do this work, but do it in a way that glorifies you? And trust that as long as I am diligent to do the work before me, that that you will ensure that whatever I need and whatever this company that you’ve brought me to needs will happen so that we’re not getting caught up in defining ourselves by those worldly measures. Because if those worldly measures change, then who are you?
Doris [00:22:40]:
Yeah. Yes. That is so encouraging, and it it is so spot on and true because God has us in certain places and certain seasons in our lives for certain reasons we don’t even have a clue about, and maybe later on look back and say, oh, okay. Or maybe not. But there are maybe people that he wants us there to, you know, hear his truth, seeing us live out the truth. So that is a wonderful way to live out being a follower of Jesus and living to the Christian values and with integrity because that stands out so much, especially in a competitive world where people might tend to be tempted to take shortcuts in order to achieve something so that it appears like they might have done all the work or you know? And so having integrity. And I and I love that you brought out identity too because I was a banker for almost thirty years.
Erin Harrigan [00:23:52]:
Mhmm.
Doris [00:23:52]:
And that’s like you know, it almost feels like it becomes part of your DNA when you are in something for that long a time. And then when you leave, it’s so strange that you’re not I mean, in the beginning, you’re thinking I’m maybe I’m just on vacation or, you know, but, you know and that can happen in any arena. I mean, it happens when maybe, an empty nest kind of situation. Yep. Or, you know, other maybe you’re a caregiver for someone and then that season ends. So, how do you encourage people in those changes of seasons so that they don’t, for one thing, fall into the identity crisis and also to realize that this is not the end of the as long as I’m breathing, as long as I’m still here on Earth, there’s something God wants, me to partner with him in. So what would you say to encourage him?
Erin Harrigan [00:24:59]:
Well, the first, I it’s so important for us to acknowledge that, you know, we may be sitting in chapter 15 of our story, but the lord is well ahead of us in chapter 20 like, he’s written it. Right? And so number one, trusting that he made you. He knows you. He knows exact scripture. Right? Ephesians we can quote a million things. Ephesians two ten, others, that there is a purpose in what you’re doing. And that each of these seasons, whether it’s the job that you have or being a mom or taking care of aging parents or these are all seasons. These are all assignments.
Erin Harrigan [00:25:40]:
Right? And that those seasons are going to change, and they often don’t change the way we want or when we want. I mean, you know, let’s look at the reality right now. There are federal workers who have been in roles for decades. The challenge is, do we only define ourselves? Is our sole identity that role? And I know as a mom, it’s hard because we define ourselves as being a mom. But if we can if we can understand that seasons change and that the Lord is going to use us in season in the best ways that glorify him, that impact the kingdom, that he works all things together for our good, even if it doesn’t look the way we think it should, then we can untie ourselves, untether ourselves from what’s changing around us and be tethered to I am his. He made me. He gave me the gifts and talents. And therefore, Lord, what what’s what’s the next assignment that you have for me? Or maybe we wanna change in an assignment, and he’s going, no.
Erin Harrigan [00:26:49]:
No. No. You have to stay where you are because there’s more work for you. There I have more for you here. When Jesus said, I came to give them life and life abundantly, again, another word that we take out of context, you know, we think, oh, abundantly, overflow, the dollars and the success and, you know, all of the things. But abundant life in Jesus is, again, about the relationship. It’s about the overflow of peace and joy and contentment no matter what season we’re in. All of that takes deepening your relationship with him and being consistent in growing that relationship with him and finding our identity right there.
Erin Harrigan [00:27:32]:
Right there. Because when our kids leave the house, right, like, that’s hard. But they’re supposed to leave the house. You know what I mean? All of these are things and situations and opportunities for us to steward, but not for us to hold a tight grip on.
Doris [00:27:53]:
Yeah. Very good word there. Yes. For us to steward, but also be willing to open our hands. And like you said, you know, sometimes God does have us somewhere, and we we think we’re ready to leave, or we think it’s time to move on. And God’s like, not yet. And it it’s also maybe because it’s setting up the next season, and the timing is not our timing. So it has to be God’s timing, which is perfect.
Doris [00:28:29]:
Sometimes it’s hard to wait on. But Right. But so that’s really encouraging for someone who is listening right now who may be about to change seasons or has just entered a new one. And I know we always equate these things to seasons, and I think it it is cool that we can do that. And Yeah. You know, and then we also can use the the farming and the sowing and the
Erin Harrigan [00:28:56]:
reaping and you know? Well, he is a god of agriculture, and that means he’s a god of multiplication.
Doris [00:29:03]:
Yes.
Erin Harrigan [00:29:03]:
You know, you don’t plant one seed and get one plant, generally.
Doris [00:29:06]:
Yeah.
Erin Harrigan [00:29:07]:
Right? And so it is seasons, and he does plant us and does give us multiple outlets to steward things. You know, we’re so blessed that he invites us to co labor. And whatever that is, as a parent, as a as a sister, as a, you know, in our work, It it but there but there are seasons. And, yes, it can be hard to wait on his perfect time. Yeah.
Doris [00:29:33]:
You’re right.
Erin Harrigan [00:29:33]:
But he already knows. He does.
Doris [00:29:35]:
He already knows, and we don’t need to know everything. Because if we did we would be like, oh.
Erin Harrigan [00:29:42]:
Look, we don’t need to.
Doris [00:29:43]:
Sometimes it’s better for us not to know right now.
Erin Harrigan [00:29:46]:
Exactly. Down the pike.
Doris [00:29:49]:
So I think that’s amazing. But so when you talk with women, maybe during coaching and or even just mentoring and ministering and speaking because you also do a lot of speaking in different arenas in both probably secular companies and, you know, Christian companies or or Christian women’s events. What are maybe if you could think of is there one step that stands out that could encourage someone today that they might do? Like, some type of action that they could take and it you know, it doesn’t have to be anything, like you said, huge. But is there is there some kind of action that they might take today just as, like, a first step?
Erin Harrigan [00:30:39]:
Yeah. So often, I will work with women who will say, well, I don’t know about this or that or and and I always this is the the action. What did God tell you? What did God tell you? What did God tell you about that? Right? So then the action is to go back and ask him. Right? Now sometimes when I say that, women will go, mhmm. I know what he told me, and I didn’t do it. Right? But it’s the reminder to all of us that he’s just waiting for us to come to him. He’s waiting for us to come to him. And sometimes we use that as an excuse because we’ll say, oh, but I’m waiting on God.
Erin Harrigan [00:31:22]:
And and and God’s like, no. No. No. I already empowered you. It’s time to step. I the action is take it back to him. Go back to him. Seek him.
Erin Harrigan [00:31:30]:
Seek him. Seek him. To me, that’s always the action, and he will show you what’s next or remind you of what he told you to do that you didn’t do. And in his loving and and patient way that he does, That is the action that I would encourage anyone.
Doris [00:31:49]:
Yeah. That’s perfect because you know, not every step is gonna be the same for every person.
Erin Harrigan [00:31:55]:
That’s right.
Doris [00:31:56]:
That step should be the same for every person.
Erin Harrigan [00:32:00]:
Yeah.
Doris [00:32:00]:
Yeah. It should always be the first first step that we take. And sometimes we just forget. You know? We just, like, try to figure out
Erin Harrigan [00:32:08]:
You know what, Doris? I think in some ways, he made us to forget because it’s so beautiful when we’re reminded, and we come back to him. And he has to remind us because if he didn’t, then we might go, oh, I got everything I need, so why do I need Jesus?
Doris [00:32:25]:
Yeah. Very true. Yeah. And the whole thing about comparison, how it can be unhealthy, but healthy comparison is, well, I tried to do this on my own. But let me look at how it worked out when I instead put my trust in god and followed Yes. What he was calling me to or not calling me to at this moment in time, which is very important to remember. So Yeah. Yeah.
Doris [00:32:51]:
So, I love that. Do you have any, like, maybe last words or maybe something that you’ve experienced in your life that you might wanna share before, you share how the listener can connect with you?
Erin Harrigan [00:33:04]:
Yeah. So at the end of every one of my podcasts, and and I say this a lot, that god made you ambitious, but he didn’t make you to do it the world’s way, or he didn’t make you to do business as usual. Whatever role you’re in, he didn’t make you to do it, a, without him and b, the way that the unbelieving world would tell you to do it. When I say God made you ambitious, for some women, that that seems a little too much. Well, I’m not ambitious. I don’t consider myself ambitious. You know the roles in your life that are so important to you that you have such passion for. And that’s what I mean that he made that made you that way, but he didn’t made you make you to go about it the way the rest of the world does.
Erin Harrigan [00:33:51]:
And if you take nothing else away, if that kind of stops you today and then then leads you to say, you know what? Let me go seek the Lord and understand what those areas are and how he wants me to operate in them. That that will move forward whatever whatever work or role you’re in, in such a glorious kingdom way.
Doris [00:34:16]:
Yeah. Beautiful. So refreshing too. You know? It’s, like, good for our souls. It
Erin Harrigan [00:34:24]:
is. It’s soul care. That’s right.
Doris [00:34:27]:
It’s really good. So and I I loved our conversation today. I think it it just so encouraging, and and I know someone listening right now really needed to hear this today. And it wasn’t by any accident that they heard it today on this particular day because they can listen to this any day.
Erin Harrigan [00:34:47]:
You know?
Doris [00:34:48]:
That’s right. Amen. That they really, really needed today as we trust that God has prepared hearts, you know, who will listen to this message. So, I would love if you would share how the listener can connect with you and continue this and find out more about what you’re able to do, to help them and to encourage them.
Erin Harrigan [00:35:10]:
Yeah. So go to my website. It’s aaronharrigan.com. You can get to know what I do and my story and find my books and my podcast and everything right there in that hub. If you are on social media, I’m mostly on LinkedIn Mhmm. Just as my first and last name, and on Instagram as Erin d Harrigan. But I’d love to hear from you. Tell me how this resonated with you and how I can pray for you.
Doris [00:35:37]:
Yes. That is amazing. So, friend, if you’re listening today, please reach out to Erin and check out her website, and I will have the links in the show notes for you so you can connect with her. And this has been such a blessing today, and I know that, you know, God puts people together and, you know, at certain times or as, you know, in Esther, it says at such a time as this. And it is important for kingdom work, especially in the culture. I know culture has always been a difficult thing, but right now, it just seems like there’s so many multiple challenges in our culture today that even you know, I mean, weren’t there just even a few years ago. So it is so important for us to be able to know who we are in Christ and children of light. So, friend, again, I just thank you for listening today.
Doris [00:36:33]:
And, Erin, thank you so much for being on the show. It’s been really a pleasure to have you on today. Thank you. It’s my honor. Awesome. And I hope to have you back on again because that would be that would be great. So, friend, thank you so much again for listening, and I hope you’ll join me next time when I talk with another guest who’s taking action where their passion, compassion, and conviction intersect. Until then, friends, have a blessed week, and I’ll talk to you soon.
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