Fireside Conversations

This Christmas season, Luke 2 will probably be the most-read passage of Scripture. It is the well-known story that tells of Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem, the birth of the angels’ announcement to the shepherds in the fields, the shepherds’ visit to the stable, and even Jesus’ childhood. This chapter in the New Testament tells the age-old Christmas story, but it’s also extremely relevant to our lives today in practical ways. In this episode, Deb shares five takeaways from Luke 2 that we can all apply to our lives today.

To learn more about Fireside or to connect with Deb, please visit www.debbolinger.com. And be sure to follow The Fireside Journey on Facebook and Instagram for daily inspirations and future Fireside events!

Setting boundaries effectively is essential for living a happy and more fulfilling life. When you learn to set healthy boundaries, you create space for success. Today, Deb gives five practical steps to creating these healthy boundaries and talks about the importance of having core values. Below is a list of some core values you can use to help as you form your own personal value set. 

Abundance
Achievement
Adventure
Authority
Authenticity
Beauty
Be of Service
Change
Commitment
Communication
Compassion
Competition
Cooperation
Courage
Creativity
Decisiveness
Discipline
Effectiveness
Excellence
Fairness
Family
Financial Well-Being
Freedom
Fun
Generosity
Good Health
Happiness
Harmony
Honesty
Humor
Independence
Integrity
Knowledge
Love
Loyalty
Peace/Tranquility
Personal Growth
Power
Punctuality
Relationships
Religion/Spirituality
Resourcefulness
Safety
Simplicity
Sobriety
Stability
Status
Success
Tolerance
Tradition
Transparent
Trust
Truth
Wisdom

To learn more about Fireside or to connect with Deb, please visit www.debbolinger.com. And be sure to follow The Fireside Journey on Facebook and Instagram for daily inspirations and future Fireside events!

Our lives are a process of God applying heat and exposing our weaknesses, our faults, our struggles and our impurities. The heat is hot and uncomfortable, but if we submit to the heat, we are day by day transformed into his likeness. The process ends when we meet Jesus face to face, and he looks into our faces and sees his clear reflection. Today, Deb is joined with Lindsey Taylor who in the process of refinement and is realizing her beauty as the refiner looks for his reflection in her.

When families get together for Thanksgiving and Christmas, feelings of unforgiveness can crop up—especially once everyone gathers around the holiday table. The people we are closest to can often be the most difficult to forgive. The more we love someone, the deeper the hurts can be. Join me as I share why I feel building a culture of forgiveness is so important to our family legacy.

To learn more about Fireside or to connect with Deb, please visit debbolinger.com. And be sure to follow The Fireside Journey on Facebook and Instagram for daily inspirations and future Fireside events!

In today's episode, Deb is joined by Kendra Leggett, who has been walking a path of grief, and is learning to let God hold her hand on the journey. God knew what she was feeling and He offered her hope, comfort, and strength to navigate each day. 

To learn more about Fireside or to connect with Deb, please visit debbolinger.com. And be sure to follow The Fireside Journey on Facebook and Instagram for daily inspirations and future Fireside events!

In today's episode, Deb is joined by Kelly Dollarhide, who has been walking through the fires of job loss, medical emergencies and unmet expectations. Through it all, God continued to show up and Kelly learned about the importance of staying consistent, even when the world around her was chaotic and unknown. 

To learn more about Fireside or to connect with Deb, please visit debbolinger.com and be sure to follow The Fireside Journey on Facebook and Instagram for daily inspirations and future Fireside events. 

In this episode, Deb is joined by her niece, Krystal Keen, who is currently walking through a refining journey right now. Through the fire, she's learned to lean into God while waiting for her miracle and has discovered a crazy faith that is inspiring to all who hear her story. 

To learn more about Fireside or to connect with Deb, please visit www.debbolinger.com and be sure to follow The Fireside Journey on Facebook and Instagram for daily inspirations and future Fireside events.

In this episode, Deb discusses the seasons of life. Have you ever considered how, just like the earth has seasons, your life goes through seasons as well? It's in the seasons of life that the beauty lies: Each one is different, and will bring its own unique set of challenges, blessings, and opportunities. 

To learn more about Fireside or to connect with Deb, please visit www.debbolinger.com and be sure to follow The Fireside Journey on Facebook and Instagram for daily inspirations and future Fireside events. 

In this episode, Deb is joined by Gabe Jasper, who shares his journey through the fire of addiction and relapse. Gabe learned first hand that you are never too far away to reach for God, and in doing so, he found a second chance walk in God's purpose for his life.  

To learn more about Fireside or to connect with Deb, please visit www.debbolinger.com and be sure to follow The Fireside Journey on Facebook and Instagram for daily inspirations and future Fireside events. 

In today's episode, Deb begins a new series of reading through the Psalms. Today she begins with Psalms 1-13. Use the practical tips given in Episode 10 to meditate on these verses, and spend some quiet time with the Lord.

To learn more about Fireside or to connect with Deb, please visit www.debbolinger.com. 

In this episode, Deb is joined by Brooklyn Robinson, who shares her journey through the spiritual wilderness. Through the silence, she learned to hear God's voice in a new and profound way. 

To learn more about Fireside or to connect with Deb, please visit www.debbolinger.com, and be sure to follow The Fireside Journey on Facebook and Instagram for daily inspirations.

Certified Life Coach, Pastor and Speaker Deb Bolinger invites you on a journey from fire to refinement through conversations and teachings. Today, instead of having a guest, Deb gives four practical tips to start meditating on God's word, followed by the reading of verses to help you put those tips into practice. 

To learn more about Fireside or to connect with Deb, please visit www.debbolinger.com. 

Certified Life Coach, Pastor and Speaker Deb Bolinger invites you on a journey from fire to refinement through conversations and teachings. In today's episode, Deb is joined by Rebecca Ault, who found God's goodness while in the fire of singleness. Now, on the other side, with a husband and three kids, she shares what she learned about the refining process during that season of her life. 

To learn more about Fireside or to connect with Deb, please visit www.debbolinger.com.

Certified Life Coach, Pastor and Speaker Deb Bolinger invites you on a journey from fire to refinement through conversations and teachings. In today's episode, Deb is joined by Tiffany Boles, who has walked through grief and has chosen to live in the "what now?" instead of the "what if?". 

Tiffany discusses pediatric cancer in this episode. Be sure to follow Tiffany @thecraftypie on Instagram.

For more information on pediatric cancer and the statistics she references, you can visit childrenscancer.org. To learn more about Fireside or connect with Deb, visit www.debbolinger.com.

Certified Life Coach, Pastor, and Speaker Deb Bolinger invites you on a journey from fire to refinement through conversations and teachings. In this episode, Deb is joined by Donna Adams, who was faced with the fire and chose to use it as a turning point in her life. She discovered the purpose behind her pain and has let the Refiner develop a Christlike character in her through the process. 

For more information on The Fireside Journey or to connect with Deb, please visit www.debbolinger.com.

Certified Life Coach, Pastor and Speaker Deb Bolinger invites you on a journey from fire to refinement through conversations and teachings. In this episode, Deb is joined by Josh Napier, who has walked through trials in this life and has allowed God to use these times to refine him. It’s not until we are in the fire that we see God at work, so pull up a seat and join us around the fire for today's conversation.

For more information on The Fireside Journey or to connect with Deb, please visit debbolinger.com.

Certified Life Coach, Pastor and Speaker Deb Bolinger invites you on a journey from fire to refinement through conversations and teachings. In this episode, Deb is joined by Tracy Sewell, who shares why she chose to walk through the refining process and the beauty she continues to find along the way. 

For more information on The Fireside Journey or to connect with Deb, please visit debbolinger.com.

Certified LifeCoach, Pastor and Speaker Deb Bolinger invites you on a journey from fire to refinement through conversations and teachings. In this episode, Deb is joined by Rachel Kelley, who shares her journey of forgiveness through surrendering to the refinement process. 

For more information on The Fireside Journey or to connect with Deb, please visit debbolinger.com. 

Certified Life Coach, Pastor and Speaker Deb Bolinger invites you on a journey from fire to refinement through conversations and teachings. In today's episode, Deb is joined by Juanita Groomer, who shares her personal journey as she walks through the fire of grief towards the future that God has for her on the other side. 

*In today's episode, we discuss GriefShare®, a resource that can be helpful for those walking the grief journey. For more information on GriefShare®, visit www.griefshare.org

Certified Life Coach, Pastor and Speaker Deb Bolinger invites you on a journey from fire to refinement through conversations and teachings. These Conversations will give you practical steps and encouragement to remove obstacles standing between you and your freedom. Each guest will give insight into perseverance through their trials, how they found peace in the chaos and how they are celebrating their victories today.

In today's episode, Deb shares her personal journey to forgiveness through her refining fire. 

Certified Life Coach, Pastor and Speaker Deb Bolinger invites you on a journey from fire to refinement through conversations and teachings. These Conversations will give you practical steps and encouragement to remove obstacles standing between you and your freedom. Each guest will give insight into perseverance through their trials, how they found peace in the chaos and how they are celebrating their victories today.

In today's episode, we introduce you to the Fireside Conversations podcast and discuss the process that we all walk in the journey from fire to refinement