The Conception of Justice

God acts in the world, not by dropping things on us fully formed and fully grown, but by conceiving things small. The new world won’t drop out of heaven like an asteroid, but will grow from the earth like a seed. The new just world will be conceived, like a baby is conceived, like John and Jesus were conceived, and then it will grow, and at each stage it will need you and me and many many more to nurture it and help it mature.