Find Gena's work-related writings here.

Highlights

Interview on NPR Morning Edition about Separated by the Border

Op-ed for USA Today on Family Separation

Op-ed for The Tennessean on Centuries-long history of separating families in U.S.

Interview on NPR Charlotte WFAE on Reuniting Migrant Family

God & Justice & Abundance

Violence & Victory |​ Red Letter Christians |

I want to know: has God forsaken us? |​ Fathom Magazine |

The Scarcity of Enough
|​ Mudroom Blog  |

The Abortions of White American Evangelicals |​ Missio Alliance |

Love & Justice, Hand & Glove (4-day devotion) | Our Bible App | 

Saying Goodbye to My Holy Spirit Cardboard Cutout | Missio Alliance |

Immigration & Migration

Migration as Discipleship into Christ-likeness
 | Made for Pax |

'Remain in Mexico Policy': My foster daughter was separated from her family at the border
 | USA Today |

Foster Mother Writes about Migrant Child's 3,000-Mile Journey
 | Morning Edition NPR |

U.S. must amend for a centuries-long history of separating children from parents (opinion)
​| Tennessean. |

2 Years Later, Families are Still Being Separated
​| Red Letter Christians |

Family Separation and My Daughter
​| Evangelicals for Social Action |

5 Ways the Church Can Address the Immigration Crisis
​| Outreach Magazine  |

White Evangelicals, We Cannot Ignore Children Separated at the Border
​| Salt Collective |

My Foster Daughter was Separated from Her Family at the Border
​| Christianity Today Women |

Fostering

Foster Mother Writes about Migrant Child's 3,000-Mile Journey
 | Morning Edition NPR |

Te Quiero, Te Quiero.' The Story Of A Mother And Daughter Reunited
 | WFAE Charlotte NPR |

My Foster Daughter was Separated from Her Family at the Border
​| Christianity Today Women |

Churches Who Support Foster Care Do These 5 Things
​| Missio Alliance |

The Intertwined Kingdoms of Heaven and Hell 
| The Mudroom |​ 

Two Excuses Not to Become Foster Parents 
​| Dropping Anchors Blog |​ 

A Lament to God for Christ the Foster Child
​| Scraping Raisins Blog |

Racial Justice

Lessons for Today from Civil Rights Activist Rosemarie Freeney Harding
| Three-Fifths |​ 

The Bridge of Racial Reconciliation
| Three-Fifths |​ 

The Church & Racial Justice 
| Truth Reveal Podcast |​ 

Eight Black Church Leaders on Ahmaud Arbery Injustice | Missio Alliance |​ 

The Travesty of Philando Castile, the Need for White Christian Repentance | Missio Alliance |​ 

How Do We Think About Affirmative Action as Christians? | Missio Alliance |​ 

The Gift of Self-Truth | my blog |

Lament & Advent

Advent Meditations by Gena Thomas and Marlena Graves
​| Dan Salerno's Blog: lifesomethings |

A Lament to God for Christ the Immigrant 
​| Missio Alliance |

A Lament to God for Christ the Foster Child
​ | ​my blog |

To Leaders in 2018: Why You Must Lead Us in Lament (and How)
​| Missio Alliance |

On Good News to the Poor, Advent Day 10 Evening | ​More Like Radvent | [Radvent's website is down]

On Hope, Advent Day 10 | ​More Like Radvent | [Radvent's website is down]

9 Steps Toward Advent | ​my blog |

Missions

Understanding Biblical Justice as a Desirable Framework for Participatory Development in Missions
​| Global Missiology V3 No. 15 |​

Helping Orphans and Vulnerable Children without Hurting
| ​Chalmers |​

Missions Pastor: Five Ways You Can Abandon Colonialism
​| Missio Alliance |​ 

Black Americans Have a Place, and Sometimes an Advantage, in Missions
| Faithfully Magazine |​ 

Can We Do Short Term Missions Well?
| Red Letter Christians |​

Articles by Publication

Articles at Three-Fifths Online

Articles at Red Letter Christians

Articles at ​Missio Alliance

Devotionals  at More Like Radvent ​(2020) & (2019) [Radvent's website is down]

Articles at American Bible Society

Articles at Outreach Magazine

Podcasts & Interviews

Find podcasts related to Separated by the Border on that webpage.
Here I chat  with David Hartman on missions, charity, justice, and moving forward in short-term missions. Published Oct. 21, 2020.
Here I am interviewed by Bryan Entzminger of the Engaging Missions podcast. The podcast tells a bit of background of our life as missionaries, then gets into the meat of my book.
Dan Salerno interviewed me here for his blog, Life Somethings. Check out his other great interviews and blogposts there.
Here is my interview with Mags at the Global Missions Podcast. Please leave your thoughts on the episode on their website and subscribe!
Another interview with Bryan at Engaging Missions where we talk specifically about short-term missions and other options beyond building and VBS trips.