Colin Gunton Born : January 19, 1941 Died : May 6, 2003 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Colin Gunton In our desire to impose form on the world and our lives we have lost the capacity to see the form that is already there; and in that lies not liberation but alienation, the cutting off from things as they really are. Colin Gunton cutting desire lying From all those created in the image of God there is something to be received, and to them something to be given. Colin Gunton god-image given To image the being of God towards the world, to be the priest of creation, is to behave towards the world in all its aspects, of work, and of play, in such a way that it may come to be what it was created to be, that which praises its maker by becoming perfect in its own way. In all this, there is room for both usefulness and beauty to take their due place, but differently according to differences of activity and object. Colin Gunton differences perfect play Everything important seems already to have happened. Colin Gunton happened important seems
