Reuben Lillie
Principal Artist at Chicago Central District Church of the Nazarene
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolReuben Lillie is a multidisciplinary principal artist and ordained elder based in Chicago with 10 years of experience blending software development, music performance, and theological scholarship. He leads artistic programming at the Opera Festival of Chicago while founding and running community-focused ministries and serving as an adjunct professor, demonstrating a rare mix of creative leadership and civic entrepreneurship. As a software developer he applies practical web tooling—recently building a personal site with Eleventy—to support digital projects for faith and arts organizations. His academic background spans advanced studies in theology and music, and he brings a philosopher’s curiosity to interdisciplinary problem solving and program design.
10 years of coding experience
Master of Divinity (MDiv), Theology, Master of Divinity (MDiv), Theology at McCormick Theological SeminaryCoordinated Studies with the Divinity School and McCormick Theological Seminary, Theology, Coordinated Studies with the Divinity School and McCormick Theological Seminary, Theology at The University of ChicagoAssociation of Chicago Theological Schools Cross Enrollment, Theology, Association of Chicago Theological Schools Cross Enrollment, Theology at Lutheran School of Theology at ChicagoMaster of Arts - MA, Divinity, Master of Arts - MA, Divinity at University of ChicagoBacherlor of Music (BM), Music Performance, Bacherlor of Music (BM), Music Performance at Olivet Nazarene UniversityAssociation of Chicago Theological Schools Cross Enrollment, Theology, Association of Chicago Theological Schools Cross Enrollment, Theology at Catholic Theological Union at ChicagoMaster of Music (MM), Music Performance, Master of Music (MM), Music Performance at Roosevelt UniversityAssociation of Chicago Theological Schools Cross Enrollment, Jewish/Judaic Studies, Association of Chicago Theological Schools Cross Enrollment, Jewish/Judaic Studies at Chicago Theological Seminary
French, German, Greek, biblical hebrew, Italian, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (59)
eleventy10
static-site-generator9
javascript9
blog-engine9
wordpress9
subversion9
static-site9
site-generator9
serverless9
tricks9
html9
syntax-highlighting8
jamstack8
highlightjs8
horde8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
reubenlillie/manualmaker
Nov 2016 - Mar 2026
Contributions:47 pushes in 9 years 4 months
shenangopress/catharticons
Mar 2019 - Feb 2025
A basic svg icon set with curative properties
Contributions:4 releases, 4 PRs, 13 pushes in 5 years 11 months
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