Our desire is to provide a place for you to engage in provocative conversations, intellectual discussions, and spiritually encouraging topics. Our fall series will feature authors elevating conversations around spiritual directions, generational gaps, and technological advancements and the ways that they affect spiritual relationships and missions.
The 2025-2026 Series of Meet the Author is Here!
Please Read Below for Upcoming and Past Authors.
Next Author: February 26th, 11:00am CST
Carmen Joy Imes
Carmen Joy Imes (PhD, Wheaton) is an associate professor of the Old Testament at Biola University. A graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, she is the author of Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters, Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters, and the editor of Praying the Psalms with Augustine and Friends. Imes is a regular contributor to The Well, a fellow of Every Voice, and serves on the advisory council for the Bible Literacy Conference. She is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and the Society of Biblical Literature and serves on the board of directors of the Institute for Biblical Research. Imes and her husband, Daniel, have three children and enjoy camping, hiking, and playing pickleball.
​​​​After waves of disillusionment, #churchtoo movements, and political divides, it’s easy to question the value of investing in the church. Yet Carmen Joy Imes offers a profound answer that resonates through the pages of Becoming God’s Family. Exploring the familial and communal identity of the church, Imes traces the thread of God's presence in the gathered community of faith across the entire Bible. She invites readers into a vision of the church that is rooted deeply in Scripture and speaks directly to the challenges we face today. Imes reminds us of a powerful truth―God delights in the global, intergenerational family He has created.
Through this book, you'll discover that God keeps His promises. When God’s people gather together, God shows up. Whether you’re struggling to reconnect with the church, seeking a constructive vision for its role in our world, or longing to better understand its biblical foundations, this book offers clarity, hope, and encouragement.
Check back to register for any of our future Meet the Author webinar events!
Upcoming Authors
Todd Korpi
Author of:
AI Goes to Church
April 8th, 2026 11:00am CST
Ian Harber
Author of:
Walking through Deconstruction
May 27th, 2026 11:00am CST
Past Authors
Gisela Kreglinger
Author of:
Spirituality of Wine and Soul of Wine
Alice Fryling
Author of:
Aging Faithfully
Os Guinness
Author of:
Magna Carta of Humanity
Terry Wildman
Lead Translator of:
First Nations Version Bible
Andy and Amy Crouch
Andy, author of: The Tech-Wise Family
Amy and Andy, author of: My Tech-Wise Life
Paul Borthwick
Author of: Mission 3:16
Esau McCaulley
Author of: Reading While Black
D. Michael Lindsay
Author of: Hinge Moments
Heather Thompson Day
Author of: It's Not Your Turn
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Sheila Wise Rowe
Author of: Healing Racial Trauma
Alec Hill
Author of: Living in Bonus Time
Gena Thomas
Author of: Separated by the Border
Ian Morgan Cron
Author of: The Road Back to You
Jason Gaboury
Author of: Wait With Me
Rick Richardson
Author of: You Found Me
Lacy Finn Borgo
Author of: Spiritual Conversations with Children
Tish Harrison Warren
Author of: Prayer in the Night
Eddie Byun
Author of: Praying for Your Missionary
Rich Villodas
Author of: Good and Beautiful and Kind
Bishop Claude Alexander, Jr.
Author of: Necessary Christianity
Bette Dickinson
Author of: Making Room in Advent
Amy Sherman
Author of: Agents of Flourishing
James Choung
Author of: Longing for Revival
J.P. Moreland
Author of: The God Question
Dr. David Anderson
Author of: Gracism
Nijay Gupta
Author of: Tell Her Story
Kathleen Norris
Author of: Rebecca Sue
Ruth Haley Barton
Author of: Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest
Darrell Hall
Author of: Speaking Across Generations
Kay Higuera Smith
Co-Author of: Reading the Bible Around the World
Tim Muehlhoff
Author of: Eyes to See
Kristin Page
Author of: The Wonders of Creation
Terry Wildman
Author of: Birth of the Chosen One
Michael Card
Author of: The Nazarene: Forty Devotions on the Lyrical Life of Jesus
Carmen Imes
Author of: Being God's Image
Felicia Wu Song
Author of: Restless Devices
Richard Foster
Author of: Learning and Humility
Tanita Tualla Maddox
Author of: What Gen Z Really Wants
Helen Lee
Author of: Kaylee Prays for the Children of the World
Elaine Howard Ecklund
Author of: Working for Better