[2] She completed two master's degrees in theology from Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio,[3] and doctoral coursework in musicology at Brandeis University,[4][3][5] focusing on the works of Gustav Mahler.

[11][better source needed] Raabe's setting of Savior of the Nations, Come was featured at the 2019 Christmas Eve concert of the Duke University Chapel Choir, telecast on CBS.

Her original arrangement of the Langston Hughes poem I Dream A World was a finalist for first prize at the 2010 Ithaca College Choral Composition Festival.

[12] Raabe and her husband have commissioned about 80 hymn settings, concertatos, anthems, organ suites, and other music for the Christian church since 1990.

They also established the Raabe Prize For Excellence In Sacred Composition, which is awarded by the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians biennially.

[22] Raabe's devotional writings have been published in Bread for the Day, Prelude Music Planner,[23] Christ in Our Home, and The Word in Season.

[32] Raabe was a member of the Board of Directors of the Space One Eleven Arts Center in Birmingham,[33] and of the Milton (WI) Community Foundation.