Lots of analogies for the Trinity have been proposed over the centuries, some of which have been called heretical, so this is murky water to wade in, but this analogy helps me best:
The Godhead is analogous to a develop/design/build firm which acquires property, subdivides and designs communities, builds out infrastructure and properties within it, then shows and sells/leases those to others. Maybe it's all one coordinated Heavenly Enterprise, perhaps in a single Divine Holding Company comprised of three businesses. This would be not unlike Ghidorzi in Wausau, WI who provides the above services, plus management services, all on property they own and lease to others.
God the Father (Theos, Creator God) is the Designer/Architect, who conceptualizes the community and the plan for structures within it.
God the Son (Logos, Word of God) is the Builder/Maker (Tekton), who expresses the design in reality and forms it into existence.
God the Spirit (Sophia, Pneuma, Breath of God) is the Representative/Agent, who moves people to join the community, take up space in it, and assures their satisfaction with it.
Logos: see Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 1, Chs 22-23,42, and most chapters of Book 2.
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