Conquering Your Goliaths

A Parable of the Five Stones

De: Kathryn Elizabeth Jones

Narrado por: Nancy Peterson

David gathered five smooth stones to meet and defeat Goliath. What did these stones represent, and how can you use them to conquer Goliaths in your own personal quests? Ms. Virginia Bean will show you how.

Travel with her on her own personal journey. See what she does. Learn how she grows. Discover what she becomes.

Conquering Your Goliaths: A Parable of the Five Stones is for anyone desiring to travel beyond mediocrity, pain, and fear. Learn of the great power within you, a power given to you from God, a power that must ultimately be unleashed to conquer the Goliaths in your own life. Come to an even deeper understanding of God and what he wants for you. Come....

©2012 Kathryn Elizabeth Jones (P)2014 Kathryn Elizabeth Jones

A Tale Worth Reading

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

The audio version of this book is as entertaining and insightful as the hard copy. Nancy Peterson does a magnificent job with the narration. I found her voice relaxed me and provided the correct tone for the concept of the story.

Conquering Your Goliaths is a delightful story of Ms Virginia Bean from Idaho Falls, Idaho. She feels that in the thirty five years of her existence, life has past her by. Single and stuck in a repetitive job of quality control in a doughnut factory, Virginia feels empty.

After working at the factory of Regal Doughnuts for ten years Virginia’s life has a dramatic change. The factory closes and relocates to New York. Not wanting to leave her birthplace Virginia seeks out a new job. What she finds is totally unexpected and unique. She attends an interview at the Western Falls bottled water company where she’s introduced to a Mr Spurt. The interview is like none other she has ever had. Mr Spurt introduces her to five stones: Listening, Trust, Optimism, Tenacity and Constancy.

What Virginia discovers about Mr Spurt and the stones is a way of coping with the rigors of life. Mr Spurt talks about the “Goliaths” that life throws in front of people as they journey from the cradle to the grave. Virginia, by taking possession of the stones, discovers true knowledge about herself and her relationship with God. A partner, Paul, is found by Virginia in a short relationship. During that relationship Virginia has her faith in God severely tested. But by staying true to the philosophy of the stones she emerges a stronger well rounded person.

The author has used a very clever technique with the stones to lead the reader to discover what it means to be a person of faith. To have faith one must embrace the properties of the five stones in the story. Goliaths will always try and destroy one’s faith by derailing the trust one has with one’s faith. It’s up to each individual to conquer their Goliaths by staying true to the properties of the five stones.

I found the book quite enjoyable and took delight in the banter between Mr Spurt and Virginia. The writing style is relaxed and does not hit the reader over the head with ideology. Although a tale of fiction the theme behind the book is quite serious. More than ever people today require faith to sustain them and give them a moral grounding for their mental well-being.

The detailed points at the end of the book about, Listening, Trust, Optimism, Tenacity and Constancy were excellent. Reading them raised my thoughts to a positive outlook. The meaning of each stone makes one think deeply about our commitment to others in our lives.

This is an uplifting audio book that I would recommend to readers of all ages.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Ms Bean as she portrayed a real person struggling with life's challenges.

Which character – as performed by Nancy Peterson – was your favorite?

Ms bean.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Goliaths! We all have them, but can you conquer yours.

Great reminder of how to trust God

What made the experience of listening to Conquering Your Goliaths the most enjoyable?

It was filled with reasons to trust God, and reminders on how he's always watching over us and there for us.

What did you like best about this story?

We all need all the faith and trust we can get in God and the story kept trying to pull us over and over in more to allowing us to trust in God the sinking stone is all of us so many times when we stop trusting in God.

Have you listened to any of Nancy Peterson’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No but she did a awesome job.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I think it took me three sittings to listen to all of this but things just kept getting in the way mostly a ringing phone.

Any additional comments?

It was just a well rounded story about life in general and how we should always trust God. I would listen to something by this author again.

Endearing Story!

Ms. Jones has touched on several difficult topics in a precious and delicate way. Through 7 delightful chapters, you journey with Ms. Virginia Bean as she is given 5 smooth stones, like David in the Bible. With each one, she learns what her personal Goliaths are and how to overcome them. This was a surprising story. nothing turned out the way I thought it would. Readers of all ages could enjoy this sweet book!

Lesson learned

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I found the book quite enjoyable. The writing style is relaxed and does not hit the reader over the head with ideology. Although a tale of fiction the theme behind the book is quite serious. More than ever people today require faith to sustain them and give them a moral grounding for their mental well-being. Lesson in life well learned.

Made want to take notes

Having the same first name as the main character made this book feel like it was written especially for me. However, I think anyone listening will be pulled into the story and take its uplifting lesson to heart. It made me want to take notes, so I could remember everything later.