'she who is'

the one whose very nature is sheer aliveness, is the profoundly relational source of the being of the whole universe, still under historical threat. she is the freely overflowing wellspring of the energy of all creatures who flourish, and of the energy of all those who resist the absence of her flourishing, both made possible by participating in her dynamic act. in the power of her being she causes to be . in the strength of her love she gives her name as the faithful promise always to be there amidst the oppression to resist and bring forth.

p. 243 elizabeth johnson