The book · ONSQ Enterprise Press
Image in the Machine
AI, the Imago Dei, and What It Means to Be Human
It started when an AI told Owen to stop. Six months after his father died, at midnight, he asked a machine to make him money. It asked him how he was actually doing. He builds these systems. He knew there was no one home. And it still landed in the place where his father's voice used to live. The book chases the question he couldn't put down: what are you, that a machine could reach you?
“We are building machines in our image while forgetting we were made in His.”
— the thesis, in one sentence
More than a book
Read it. Journal it. Teach it.
For readers
The book & companion journal
The full argument, from a 3 a.m. conversation with a machine to twenty centuries of Christian thought about the image of God. The chapter-by-chapter journal turns reading into reflection. The Reader's Set pairs them and saves $5.99.
For families
The Family System
Everything a family needs to read it together and teach it at home: book, journal, the secondary curriculum and parent-teacher guide as they release, plus AI learning apps access.
For churches & groups
The 12-session study system
A complete group study built on the book: opening hooks, Scripture anchors, discussion questions staged surface-to-deep, and a facilitator guide that requires no seminary degree and no tech background. Entry point: the 6-week all-church campaign, opening on the Balaam story.
For classrooms
The Classroom Bundle
For co-ops and Christian schools teaching a group: classroom curriculum license, five companion journals, a hardcover teacher copy, and AI learning apps access.
Pastors & ministry leaders
One yes reaches a whole congregation
The biggest Christian books in history were read by congregations together. The 6-week all-church campaign gives every household the book and journal, gives you a sermon arc that opens with Balaam's donkey, and gives your church a shared vocabulary for the machine age. Pilot pricing is available in exchange for a testimonial. Email Owen directly or grab the sell-sheet.
Every Monday
The essay version, free
Owen writes one essay a week on AI and what it reveals about human beings: Image in the Machine on Substack. Subscribing is free and comes with the book's introduction as a welcome gift.