[excerpt from chapter 1] The Lord’s Prayer was the only formal prayer I knew. I had learned it in the church basements my parents’ Alcoholics Anonymous groups met in. In the cigarette-smoke-heavy air, styrofoam cups between our feet, we’d hold hands and pray. “Our Father,” the prayer that Jesus taught. “Forgive us our tresspasses,” I prayed, but it would be decades before I learned to forgive. It would be many prayers in front of stained-glass Jesus, traveling and at home, before I could really see him. And before I could really see myself.
Dani Jeremiah Gabriel was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal church; they are now an interfaith minister. Dani is the author of four books of poetry, a chapbook, and three children’s books. They write about the realities of queer and trans middle age, survival amidst everyday apocalypses, and the very dangerous possibilities of hope. Dani is a Bay Area poet; born in San Francisco, they graduated from U.C. Berkeley, received their MFA from Mills College, were the poet laureate of El Cerrito from 2018—2020, and currently live in Oakland, California.
Title: In the Company of Many Saviors
Subtitle: Queer Reflections on Loving and Leaving the Church: Ten Snapshots
Author: Rev. Dani Jeremiah Gabriel
Publisher: Rockwood Press
Released: 2026 - November
Format: chapbook, acid-free paper, silk cover
Pages: 56
Price: $10
ISBN: 978-1-59498-258-3
[excerpt from chapter 1] The Lord’s Prayer was the only formal prayer I knew. I had learned it in the church basements my parents’ Alcoholics Anonymous groups met in. In the cigarette-smoke-heavy air, styrofoam cups between our feet, we’d hold hands and pray. “Our Father,” the prayer that Jesus taught. “Forgive us our tresspasses,” I prayed, but it would be decades before I learned to forgive. It would be many prayers in front of stained-glass Jesus, traveling and at home, before I could really see him. And before I could really see myself.
Dani Jeremiah Gabriel was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal church; they are now an interfaith minister. Dani is the author of four books of poetry, a chapbook, and three children’s books. They write about the realities of queer and trans middle age, survival amidst everyday apocalypses, and the very dangerous possibilities of hope. Dani is a Bay Area poet; born in San Francisco, they graduated from U.C. Berkeley, received their MFA from Mills College, were the poet laureate of El Cerrito from 2018—2020, and currently live in Oakland, California.
Title: In the Company of Many Saviors
Subtitle: Queer Reflections on Loving and Leaving the Church: Ten Snapshots
Author: Rev. Dani Jeremiah Gabriel
Publisher: Rockwood Press
Released: 2026 - November
Format: chapbook, acid-free paper, silk cover
Pages: 56
Price: $10
ISBN: 978-1-59498-258-3
