Construction firm links faith, business with frequent on-site prayer

Published: 2005-12-27

NAUGATUCK, Conn. (CNS) -- The craftsmen wipe their hands on their shirts and pants as sawdust settles throughout the room. It is time, as happens at least three times a day, for the contracting firm to pray. It's not unusual, when the spirit moves them toward prayer, for employees and subcontractors who are dispersed at jobs throughout the state to join in by walkie-talkie. Folks at the Naugatuck-based Sullivan Brothers Remodeling have been stopping for prayer so long that they have it down to a science. "People who join us in the company, or our subcontractors and other people, just see how natural it is to have a faith life in our work," said Jim Sullivan, who with his brother, John, founded the contracting company 18 years ago. "Our work isn't just a job. It's vocational."

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