Reuben L. Lillie

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📚 Student at UChicago Divinity School 🎭 Operatic Tenor 🍞🍷 Pastor at loopnaz.org 🏰 White Castle Cravers Hall of Fame 🔗 reubenlillie.com

Snow falling in front of the south entrance to Rockefeller Memorial Chapel at the University of Chicago.
A snapshot of a chalkboard with Classical Hebrew, hyroglyphs, and lambda equations
A view of Chicago's Loop with the Wrigley Building in the foreground.
Reddened leaves fronting Chicago's Michigan Avenue skyline from the Lurie Gardens in Millennium Park.
Two children wearing T-shirts decorated to match Chicago 'L' directional signs—one Puple Line Express to Linden and another Midway Orange Line—seated on the corresponding steps at the Washington/Wabash Station.
Me modeling a handmade crochet cardigan, using maroon yarn and the waffle stitch, complete with hip pockets and a zippered breast pocket.
Reuben Lillie standing outside the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures in Breasted Hall at the University of Chicago, a modern Gothic stone exterior with Art Deco features.
Theatrical release poster for The Pagemaster (1994) designed by Drew Struzan, feauturing a young Macauley Culkin wearing a yellow rain coat, standing on a library floor, and brandishing a sword over his head. A mythical cloud emanates from the sword, revealing a dragon and a wizard-like figure among other literary characters, to frame the film title.
Easter sunrise 2025 over the breakwater in Chicago's Monroe Harbor at Queen's Landing.
A Duolingo exercise translating German to English: "Ich mag nur die Musik von Verdi" is "I like only the music of Verdi."
A selfie of Joy J. Moore and Reuben Lillie in academic robes.
A toddler boy, wearing a Chicago flag–themed beanie, looking over his shoulder while facing out an 'L' train window.
A toddler resting his head on his father's shoulder, who is kissing his son's head.
Reuben Lillie speaking at Baylor University's Powell Chapel, standing at a lectern, with a pipe organ and stained glass window in the background.
The main entrance to Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church at E 64th St/S Eggleston Ave in Chicago, viewed at night during a light spring rain.
Reuben Lillie and Charles Perabeau taking a selfie in front of the historical marker at Pilot Point, TX, for the Second General Assembly of the Church of the Nazarene
A black cat curled up with her front paws under her chest.
Opening lines of a letter that reads as follows: Dear Reuben, On behalf of the entire faculty of the University of Chicago Divinity School, I am delighted to offer you admission to the Master of Arts (MA) program for the 2025-2026 academic year. Congratulations! The Divinity School is one of the world's leading institutions in the academic study of religion. Students in the program study the culture, languages, thought, practices, and institutions of religious traditions, both ancient and modern. Your admission represents the faculty’s confidence in your intellectual and professional promise, as well as our enthusiasm to partner with you in your scholarly inquiry.
An English–Spanish exercise in Duolingo: ¿Usted reservó los boletos para la ópera? Did you reserve the tickets for the opera?
Two boys, ages two and six, bundled in winter coats, sitting on their knees, staring out a Chicago 'L' train window, experiencing unparalleled bliss.
A black cat curled up asleep on a colorful crocheted blanket.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, in Washington, DC, viewed at night
A wooden door chalked for Epiphany: "20 + C + M + B + 25."
A black cat sprawled out on a crocheted blanket, front paws extended in profound comfort.
A queen bed viewed from above, covered with a colorful crocheted blanket made of small squares representing the daily high temperatures in Chicago for 2024, partially obstructed by a possessive black cat lying at the foot.
A Duolingo graphic that reads "I'm on a 1500 day learning streak!"
A black cat curled up under a Christmas tree, staring directly into the camera
A black cat curled up on a black blanket with its left front paw covering its left eye and its right eye wide open.
A black cat crouching in a cardboard box for jars of Prego®️ Italian Sauce, marked with the slogan "Good source of fiber & low in fat."
"From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and violent people take it by force." —Jesus, Matthew 11:12 NRSVue
Screenshot of a bearded Kris Kringle from Rankin/Bass's "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" (1970) in which Kris is donning a red suit and pointing a finger in the air.
Black cat crouching between couch cushions, eyes dilated, poised to inflict fatal harm.
Cover of Handel's Messiah (G. Schirmer vocal score).
Cover for Jo Ann Hackett's A Basic Introduction to Biblical Hebrew (Hendrickson, 2010).
Wood carving motif of the Three Hares chasing each other in a circle and appearing only to have three ears total.
Cover for Kevin W. Hector's Theology without Metaphysics: God, Language, and the Spirit of Recognition (Cambridge, 2011).
Black cat with a perturbed facial expression, sitting on green plaid pajamas
Illustration of a narwhal from a children's board book.
Title page for Henry David Thoreau's Walden (Boston, 1854).
Photograph shows two kittens wearing dresses at a table with a birthday cake, captured in 1914 by Henry Whiitier Frees (1879–1953).
Cover for the Riverside Shakespeare, second edition (Houghton Mifflin, 1997).
Cover for the 1979 Book of Common Prayer.
A Duolingo exercise in French reads "Pittsburgh, c'est la Venise des États-Unis. Il y a beacoup de points! Tu dois visiter la ville et ses ponts."
Cover for Timothy L. Smith's Called unto Holiness: The Story of the Nazarenes: The Formative Years (Nazarene, 1962).
Cover for the Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition (UChicago, 2024).
Cover for Sing to the Lord hymnal (Lillenas, 1993).
Cover for Erik Larson's Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (Vintage, 2004).
Cover for John Wesley's Sermons: An Anthology, edited by Albert C. Outler and Richard P. Heitzenrater (Abingdon, 1991).
Cover for James Weldon Johnson's Fifty Years and Other Poems (Cornhill, 1917).
Back cat laying on a crochet blanket atop a piano in front of a window revealing Chicago skyscrapers in the background
Black cat in a paper bag
Cover for Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, 12th edition.
Cover for Edith Hamilton's Mythology (Little, Brown, 1942).
Strong snow flurries in Chicago, as seen from a window on the seventh floor of the Pope Building looking east toward State/Harrison.
Cover for Geoffrey Wainwright's Doxology: The Praise of God in Worship, Doctrine, and Life (Oxford University, 1980).
Child in a stroller, as seen from the rear, with a gallon of milk hung on each of the handlebars.
Cover to Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" (Random House, 1959).
Duolingo asking to translate "Si chiama la città ventosa." from Italian to English: "It is called the windy city."
Cover to Robert C. Marsh, 150 Years of Opera in Chicago, ed. Norman Pellegrini (Northern Illinois University, 2006).