" So what seemed at first like a trinitarian formula with little life in it but much traditional patriarchal authority insidiously associated and imposed, loosens its grip as an external imposition and begins to become a Life into which to enter. As we enter, our presumptions about ‘Fatherhood’ strangely start to change . . . and at last we follow Jesus into an exploration of the meaning of ‘Fatherhood’ beyond all human formulations. "

― Sarah Coakley , God, Sexuality, and the Self: An Essay 'on the Trinity'