I very much enjoyed seeing and reflecting on these photographs. They give the gospel new color for me by reminding me that Christianity began as a local movement of misfits, to whom Jesus paid loving attention. These misfits got to hang with the greatest man who ever lived, and he fitted them for his kingdom. He brought the outsiders inside, giving them a dignity and a worth they had never had before. And we who have inherited this movement (we who call ourselves Christians) ought to do the same.