In the Trinitarian nature of God, individuality and communality are related in a beautiful life-giving dance of creation. Whatever names we choose to use: Father, Son and Holy Ghost, Holy Parent, Holy Child and Holy Spirit, Creator, Redeemer and Advocate, the three aspects remain distinct while the identity remains one through mutual relatedness of receiving and giving. Back and forth together throughout time. Maybe this is not some dusty doctrine, but the holy fecundity of a God who pours out God’s own communal self into the creation.
This image of the relational dance of God with God’s self is wide enough to include us, the created. Non relational images of God do not allow room for us, but the mutual indwelling of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit offers us and all creation the divine space in which to live into the fullness of our identity as beloved children of God.
--Nadia Bolz-Weber, Some Thoughts on the Holy Trinity
Image source: Nachson, Avraham welcoming the Three Angels, https://internetmonk.com/archive/56940
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