The central idea of the Western tradition is that human beings are partners with God in the continuing creation of the world. “Creation” isn’t something that happened a long time ago in the past. It’s what’s going on right now, right this minute. We’re in the midst of it. As Jesus said, God is God “not of the dead but of the living” (Mat. 22:32). Theologically we are living in an open universe. We have access to endless energy. Being creative is the nature of Being itself, and it is our nature. We can’t identify or judge ourselves by what we have been. We must look to what we yet shall be....This idea of the future. The idea of an intentional transformation of the fundamental arrangements of existence. The idea that God expects things to change, wants things to change, intends change and growth and improvement, and expects us to participate in this creative effort. God is the God of the living, is the living God. Maybe there will never be a time when it’s finished, all over.
The Holy Thursday Revolution by Beatrice Bruteau, p. 248.