Christmas 2024 - Human and Divine
Wednesday, December 25, 2024 |This year was a very light year in blogging for me — even by my recent standards — for a lot of reasons that probably aren’t of much interest to others. That said, I want to close the year out as I have for years with a Christmas post. I realize that many of you may not celebrate Christmas, and for others it’s just another holiday plus lights and gifts and family. I would be remiss, though, if I didn’t close the year sharing the real, historical meaning of Christmas: the birth of a baby sent to atone for the sins of the world. There’s a lot of theology there that I won’t unpack here, but, if you’d like to hear more — or try to convince me that I’m wrong :) — I’m here for you.
Here’s a beautiful setting from Evan Wickham of some of that theology. I hope it blesses you as it did me.
Merry Christmas!
Breaking heaven’s silence we heard a human cry Light into our darkness the Savior has arrived Healing all the broken and teaching us to love The Son of heaven’s glory now clothed in flesh and blood Begotten not created from the Father before time Virgin born Messiah both human and divine Crucified and risen forever You will reign We join with all the church from every age Singing worthy is Lamb that was slain
My name is Jason Lee. I am a software developer living in the middle of Oklahoma. I’ve been a professional developer since 1997,
using a variety of languages, including Java, Javascript, PHP, Python, Delphi, and even a bit of C#. I currently work for Red Hat
on the WildFly/EAP team, where, among other things, I maintain integrations for some MicroProfile specs, OpenTelemetry, Micrometer,
Jakarta Faces, and Bean Validation. (Full resume 