Messages at a skid row mission

Barely touched by time, the chapel and the dining room of the Emmanuel Baptist Rescue Mission, in the heart of L.A.'s skid row, are filled with the bold, earnest paintings of John B. Downey. They bear witness to a God who died on the cross to save the wicked, the evil and the depraved.

By Camilo Jose Vergara

November 30, 2008