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Ginger Kolbaba

Ginger Kolbaba was an award-winning author, editor and speaker. She was a contributing editor to Focus on the Family magazine and a columnist for Positive Note magazine. Her many books include Your Best Happily Ever After and The Old Fashioned Way.

An elderly man wearing a gray sweater clutches his wrist in discomfort, illustrating the impact of chronic pain on daily life and relationships, including marriage. The image conveys the physical and emotional burden that ongoing pain can place on individuals and their spouses.

What To Do When Your Spouse Has Chronic Pain

Taking back your marriage from chronic pain

Photo of man and woman laying on the ground, each holding a paper heart over their chest, while paper hearts are sprinkled on them from above. They are happy because they have the secrets of healthy sex in their marriage.

5 Things Experts Wish You Knew about Healthy Sex in Marriage

Have hope. You can take steps to have healthy, God-honoring sex and intimacy in marriage.

A couple smiling and enjoying coffee together in a kitchen, representing healthy gender roles in marriage through mutual respect and open communication.

Biblical Gender Roles in Marriage

Learn how embracing your God-given gender roles in marriage can bring vitality, joy and security into your relationship.

Managing Conflict with your in-laws is very important. Here we see a harmonious family with two in-laws, a young couple and their two kids.

Managing Conflict With In-Laws

You don’t just marry your spouse … you marry their family. And that can be difficult. Learn how to set healthy boundaries and love your in-laws.

Remarriage doesn't wipe away memories and old habits. When such habits arise take time to discuss them, like this couple sitting on this couch.

Remarriage Doesn’t Wipe Away Memories and Old Habits

Remarriage may start a clean relationship slate, but it doesn’t wipe away memories and old habits. Your best response to your spouse’s remarriage mistakes may be uncommonly simple.

Photo of Kristin, having just given birth to Christian Robert.

Baby Christian Was Supposed to Die

If the Botsfords thought the prognosis couldn’t get worse, they discovered that it could. “Do you want to terminate this pregnancy?” the doctor asked. Both Kristin and Kevin immediately said no.