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🌈Rev. Pat Raube
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She/ her. PCUSA Pastor, singer, mother, adoptee, member of the family, sharing photos and opinions about politics, books, LGBTQ+, and, of course, religion.
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Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps faith forever; who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry.
~Psalm 146:5-7
#dailyverses
#Advent
#GodisLove💜
Bare tree branches on a background of deep pink, just before sunrise.
December 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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I will put in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia,the myrtle, and the olive; I will set in the desert the cypress, the plane and the pine together,so that all may see and know,all may consider and understand, that the hand of the Lord has done this
~Isaiah 41:19-20
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#Advent
#GodIsLove💜
December 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Photo of Lucy Dacus with text: “Lucy Dacus is your top artist. You spent 2,493 minutes with them, which makes you a top 0.2% global fan.” From my 2025 Spotify Wrapped.
December 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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I will open rivers on the bare heights and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water and the dry land springs of water.
~Isaiah 41:18
#dailyverses
#Advent
#protectimmigrants
#protectindigenouspeople
#GodIsLove💜
Winter sunset seen through a bare tree, bright golden sky fading to peach and pale blue.
December 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
~Isaiah 41:17
#dailyverses
#Advent
#protectimmigrants
#protectindigenouspeople
#GodIsLove💜
A cloudy night sky with the moon shining through the clouds on the left; the bare branches of trees in the lower right hand corner.
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Then they will put their confidence in God, and not forget the works of God, but will keep her commandments… ⬇️
~Psalm 78:7-8
#dailyverses
#Advent
#protectimmigrants
#protectindigenouspeople
#GodIsLove💜

Translation: the Rev. Dr. Wilda Gafney, A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church, Year A
An African Violet, blooming in whites (center) and pinks (rims), with robust leaves; background left: a ceramic chicken with flowers painted on its body, and traditional yellow beak and red comb and wattle; background right: a handblown bottle, green and blue glass sweeping upward with thin gold vertical stripes.
December 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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She gave her decrees for Rebekah’s descendants and placed teaching among Sarah’s offspring, which she commanded their mothers and fathers to make known to their daughters and sons.
~Psalm 78:5-6
#dailyverses
#Advent
#protectindigenouspeople
#protectimmigrants
#GodIsLove💜
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December 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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I will open my mouth in a proverb; I will utter riddles from of old, which we have heard and known, and which our mothers and fathers have told us.
~Psalm 78:2-3
#dailyverses
#Advent
#protectindigenouspeople
#protectimmigrants
#GodIsLove💜
Photo of a front porch, with multicolored lights outlining the peaked roof, with a tree tightly wrapped with multicolored lights to the right.
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Give ear, my people, to my teaching; incline your ear to the utterances of my mouth.
~Psalm 78:1
#dailyverses
#Advent
#protectimmigrants
#protectindigenouspeople
#GodIsLove💙

Translation: the Rev. Dr. Wilda Gafney, A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church
Stratocumulus clouds in a bright blue sky, over bare trees on hillsides.
December 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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WOMB OF LIFE, our Sovereign,
how exalted is your Name in all the earth!
~Psalm 8:9
#dailyverses
#Advent
#protectimmigrants
#protectindigenouspeople
#GodIsLove💙

Translation: the Rev. Dr. Wilda Gafney, A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church
Waxing moon in a blue sky, with bare branches in the lower left hand corner. The moon has a kind of halo around it.
December 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars you have established, What are we that you should be mindful of us? the woman-born that you attend to them?
~Psalm 8:3-4
#dailyverses
#Advent
#protectindigenouspeople
#protectimmigrants
#GodIsLove💜
Early winter sunset: blue (lavender-tinged) sky with delicate pink-peach cumulus clouds, which that color intensifying as it gets nearer to the horizon. Some blue/grey/ lavender clouds at the horizon.
December 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Out of the mouths of children and nursing babes your majesty is praised above the heavens.
~Psalm 8:2
#dailyverses
#Advent
#protectindigenouspeople
#protectimmigrants
#GodIsLove💜
Advent wreath: four pillar candles, 3 purple and 1 pink, in the middle of a (synthetic but lovely) wreath of green leaves with white berries. One purple candle is lit.
November 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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WOMB OF LIFE,
our Sovereign,
how exalted is your Name
in all the earth!
~Psalm 8:1
#dailyverses
#Advent2025
#protectimmigrants
#protectindigenouspeople
#GodisLove❤️

Tr.: Rev. Dr. Wilda Gafney
Red mum wearing the season’s first light snowfall.
November 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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For the LORD is good; God’s steadfast love endures forever and his faithfulness to all generations.
~Psalm 100:5
#dailyverses
#ordinarytime
#protectindigenouspeople
#protectimmigrants
#GodIsLove❤️
Red leaves on a tangle of brown branches with red berries on them.
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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A prayer for Thanksgiving, with love.
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at UPC! 🧡 Rev. Pat offers this prayer of gratitude for today: Gracious God, we thank you for all the goodness you pour out into our lives. Today we thank you for the beauty of the world you have created, the joy of gathering around the table, and our connection with one another. We remember with reverence those whose land we now occupy: the Haudenosaunee, Onondaga, and Tuscarora peoples. We thank you for the gift of their presence here over the millennia, and pray that they might thrive. May the abundance we share this day be matched by the abundance we share with those in need, and the love we share in your holy name. Amen.
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Enter God’s gates with thanksgiving and the courts of the LORD with praise. Give thanks to the LORD; bless God’s holy name.
~Psalm 100:4
#dailyverses
#ordinarytime
#protectindigenouspeople
#protectimmigrants
#GodIsLove🧡
A small branch of bright orange and yellow leaves, atop a bed of yellowy ground cover.
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.
~Psalm 100:1
#dailyverses
#Thanksgiving
#protectimmigrants
#GodIsLove💛
A branch with the season’s last bright yellow Ginkgo leaves against a bright blue sky.
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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“Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations; I am exalted in the earth.” The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
~Psalm 46:10-11
#dailyverses
#ordinarytime
#protectimmigrants
#GodIsLove💜
South-facing view from downtown Binghamton, NY of fluffy clouds over the Vestal hills, with grey, orange-tinged clouds reflecting the sun setting in the west.
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
~Psalm 46:7
#dailyverses
#ordinarytime
#protectimmigrants
#GodIsLove❤️
Closeup of of flowers in fall colors: refs, oranges, golds, purples.
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved; God will help it when the morning dawns.
~Psalm 46:5-6
#dailyverses
#ordinarytime
#protectimmigrants
#GodIsLove💙
The Susquehanna River at dawn, Endicott, NY. A river winding through dense trees on either side, with dark clouds over a bright horizon, the brightness of the dawning light reflected in the rippling water.
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult.
~Psalm 46:2-3
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#ordinarytime
#protectimmigrants
#GodIsLove💙
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
~Psalm 46:1
#dailyverses
#ordinarytime
#protectmigrants
#GodIsLove🩷
Low-lying stratus clouds in shades of orange, just after the sun sets over the hills.
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.
~Psalm 141:3
#dailyverses
#ordinarytime
#protectimmigrants
#GodIsLove💛
Five bright yellow sunflowers in a reddish-orange pottery vase shaped like a bass, tale flipped up to form the handle. Vase is on an oak table, with yellow sheer curtains in the background, on a sunny day. A piece of art—square, blue, a mosaic of blue tiles, some blue mirror tiles, hangs on a yellow wall to the upper left, blurry, near the window.
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Let my prayer be counted as incense before you and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.
~Psalm 141:2
#dailyverses
#ordinarytime
#protectimmigrants
#GodIsLove💙
A bedside table: a small (sample-sized) lit candle in a metal holder (Dark Hedges by Mythologie); the lid of said candleholder behind and to the right, with the match that lit the candle resting in it; a small blue pottery-made star to the left, with the word “grace” on it (thank you, Consecrate!); behind these, the bottom of a clear glass with a bit of water left in it. Behind these glass, blurry, unrecognizable books in a pile.
November 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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I call upon you, O Lord; come quickly to me; give ear to my voice when I call to you.
~Psalm 141:1
#dailyverses
#ordinarytime
#protectimmigrants
#GodIsLove💙
Storm-clouds with a break showing bright-blue sky; the corner roof of a grey-shingled house on the right.
November 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM