He Wants Me to Be Happy
We talk to our children a lot about what they are going to be when they grow up. Not the career stuff… but the vocation stuff. For...
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Patrick Sullivan
Mar 28, 20222 min read
Take the Food Out of Your Hair
Today, I was looking back on the day that my son Caleb had his first haircut. No matter how often we bathed him, he looked like he was...
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Patrick Sullivan
Mar 15, 20221 min read
Do Mondays Always Have to Hurt?
I was up several times throughout the night. The children calling “daddy” from different bedrooms will do that. But when the day begins...
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Patrick Sullivan
Feb 22, 20222 min read
The World Is Divided
The world is divided. Families are divided. Christians are divided. And into all of this, God has sent you. For a reason that only He and...
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Patrick Sullivan
Feb 14, 20222 min read
You're New to This, Thanks Be to God
By far, one of the biggest shifts we can all make is a mental shift. When we look at our efforts in evangelization, we can get to the...
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Patrick Sullivan
Feb 1, 20222 min read
The World Is Leaking Again
The way my other children were yelling, you would have thought that my one year old had lost an arm. But no. Arriving on the scene, I...
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Patrick Sullivan
Jan 17, 20222 min read
Everybody Needs a Little Hope
“Hey Dad, let me give you a squeeze,” someone said in a very silly voice.It was one of my teenage boys. “What? Why?” I asked, as I looked...
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Patrick Sullivan
Dec 13, 20212 min read
"I Just Can't Get Up"
I don’t know when you last tried to wake up a teenage boy, but for me it is almost a daily occurrence. And what I have learned over the...
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Patrick Sullivan
Sep 20, 20211 min read
A Conversation Worth Having
I am slowly coming to the conclusion that we’re either addicted to noise or afraid of silence; perhaps both. And I am starting to believe...
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Patrick Sullivan
Aug 24, 20212 min read
A Message for the World
For a few years now, I have lived on what many would call a “hobby farm.” Many different animal sounds can be heard from any window in...
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Patrick Sullivan
Aug 16, 20213 min read
Yeah, I don’t Like the Devil Either
It was evening in my house and I was sending the kids off to bed one by one. And much like every other family that I have ever...
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Patrick Sullivan
Aug 9, 20212 min read
Transmissions and Impossible Tasks
After a long discussion that has taken many days, I have finally come to the conclusion that I need to rebuild the transmission of our...
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Patrick Sullivan
Aug 2, 20212 min read
That's Just the Way the World Works
In an interesting and quite heated conversation with my teenagers over the many injustices found in society today, the comments and...
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Patrick Sullivan
Jul 26, 20212 min read
Win the Day
There are many days that simply do not start well. And though I try my hardest to remove myself from the equation, often blaming...
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Patrick Sullivan
Jul 19, 20212 min read
Like the Church, Our Computers Are Broken
If there was ever going to be a tour of our Evango workspaces, I think most people would be surprised by the equipment. Yes, that’s...
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Patrick Sullivan
Jul 13, 20213 min read
The Stories We Watch Change Us
We all watch shows. It could be drama, science fiction, comedy, or even the news, and you could be watching it all on your television, or...
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Patrick Sullivan
Jul 4, 20213 min read
What Do You Hear?
It was four a.m. and I was sitting on my porch watching kittens wrestle. It was the lazy kind of wrestling too, where one plops on top of...
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Patrick Sullivan
Jun 21, 20212 min read
I Cleaned the Car Like a Catholic
I don’t know if you have ever had the pleasure, but quite recently I took a little bit of time to learn how to clean the engine bay of...
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Patrick Sullivan
Jun 14, 20212 min read
A Question for God
My nine year old son just vomited for the second time. His face was pale and he was clearly lacking the energy or desire to sit down to a...
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Patrick Sullivan
Jun 5, 20213 min read
The Goat Got Out ... Again
Very recently, I had the most curious and frustrating experience with a goat. The task, as I understood it, was to rebuild a fence that...
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