EEN Book Club Fall 2026: Being God's Image
Join us this fall for our next season of EEN’s Beth Bond Memorial Book Club! This October we’ll be reading, contemplating, and discussing Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters by Carmen Joy Imes.
Our weekly virtual meetings will take place Wednesdays at 7:00 pm ET, October 7 - November 4 and will be hosted by Rev. Dean Van Farowe, EEN’s Ohio Outreach Coordinator.
Reading & Discussion Schedule:
Oct 7 | Week 1: Chapters 1 – 2
Oct 14 | Week 2: Chapters 3 – 4 & Intermission
Oct 21 | Week 3: Chapters 5 – 6
Oct 28 | Week 4: Chapters 7 – 8
Nov 4 | Week 5: Chapters 9 – 10 & Conclusion
About the Book
Join us for a thought-provoking journey through Carmen Joy Imes’s Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters! This insightful book explores one of the Bible’s most foundational and most overlooked truths: every human being is created as God’s image. Imes unpacks what it means to hold this identity in our work, our relationships, and our care for creation, showing that being God’s image comes with a vocation to steward the world on God’s behalf.
As we trace this theme from Genesis to Revelation, we’ll discover a deeper vision of what it means to be human and why our care for creation flows directly from who we were made to be. Together, we’ll explore how recovering our calling to be God's image invites us into a fuller, more faithful stewardship of the earth.
About the Author
Dr. Carmen Joy Imes is an associate professor of Old Testament at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, in Southern California. She is the author of Bearing God’s Name: Why Sinai Still Matters, Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters, and Becoming God’s Family: Why the Church Still Matters. Her primary areas of expertise are Exodus and the Psalms. Carmen has a YouTube channel where she releases weekly Torah Tuesday videos, and you can find her writing on various websites, including Christianity Today, Substack, The Well, and The Politics of Scripture blog. Carmen has appeared on over 200 podcasts and radio outlets. She enjoys traveling to speak at churches, schools, conferences, and retreats. Carmen is passionate about equipping the church to engage the Old Testament well and to see its relevance for the Christian life.
