Short Novel Collection
WISDOM
A Father’s Journey Beyond Being Right
Asheville, North Carolina
An Asheville master carpenter knows how to make things hold. His adult daughter’s future calls for a different kind of judgment, as he discovers the limits of a father’s skill when someone else must choose.
Biblical foundation: 1 Kings 3:5 through 28
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The wisdom to let go.
Daniel Mercer knows how to find a flaw before it becomes a failure. As a respected master carpenter, he has built his life around skill, preparation, and protecting the people he loves.
But when his adult daughter Leah chooses a future beyond the family shop, Daniel’s instinct to protect her begins to become control. WISDOM is an intimate story about family, discernment, and learning that knowing what you believe is right is not the same as knowing what belongs to you to decide.
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- English
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- 15,799 words · 61 page PDF
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Inspired by 1 Kings 3:5 through 28.
Word count includes headings and end notes in the complete EPUB; it is not a reading-time estimate.
Father and adult daughter · Master carpentry · Judgment · Control · Discernment · Independence · Letting another adult choose
A story to read together
When does a parent’s useful judgment become a claim on an adult child’s future?
A family disagreement becomes concrete through workshop responsibilities, money, independent plans and the final act of learning from another person.
- What might a skilled craftsperson find difficult about a problem that cannot be solved for someone else?
- What is the difference between offering help and making help conditional on being obeyed?
After reading: discussion questions with spoilers
- In Separate Copies, how do the delayed loan and bonus change the meaning of Daniel’s concern for Leah?
- At the end of The New Work, Leah shows Daniel how to look at the connection. What has changed about who is allowed to know something?
- Which of Daniel’s practical objections deserve a fair hearing, and which actions restrict Leah’s choice? Use two different scenes.
Scripture and story
Biblical foundation
1 Kings 3:5 through 28
9 Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”
The Inspiration Note considers discernment and the limits of a parent’s responsibility. Daniel and Leah are original characters, not equivalents of biblical figures.
World English Bible (WEB), Classic edition. Public domain.
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