Pails in Comparison

  PIC No. 111: Pails in Comparison •  Title:  Now That's a Good Question! How to Lead Quality Bible Discussions   •  Author:   Terry Powell •  Publisher:  Serve Strong Publishing (Jan. 19, 2016, 134 pages) •  Management Bucket #9 of 20:   The Team Bucket Welcome to  Pails in Comparison ,   the sidekick of  John Pearson’s Buckets Blog . This blog features my “PICs”—short reviews of helpful books—with comparisons to other books in my  20 management buckets  (core competencies) filing system.  Managing Monopolizers! Are you thinking of joining a Bible study, or small group, in the new year?  Or…maybe you’ve been asked to lead a group—but you’re hesitant? Or…maybe you’re in a group—but your leader needs a refresher course in Better Discussions 101? Or…maybe this is you—and you’ve heard this more than once: "If you don't know who the dysfunctional person in your small group is, it's probably you." Whatever...

        PIC No. 110: Pails in Comparison  (Dec. 3, 2025) •  Title:  GOD: The Science, The Evidence—The Dawn of a Revolution •  Authors:   Michel-Yves Bolloré and Olivier Bonnassies •  Publisher:  Palomar (Oct. 14, 2025, 562 pages) •  Management Bucket #2 of 20:   The Customer Bucket Welcome to  Pails in Comparison ,   the sidekick of  John Pearson’s Buckets Blog . This blog features my “PICs”—short reviews of helpful books—with comparisons to other books in my  20 management buckets  (core competencies) filing system.  "A Lot of Sadness for Atheists" Oh, my. Where to start? At 562 pages, any serious book reviewer would need at least five or six pages (single-spaced) to give justice to this extraordinary book. You can thank me now—this will be shorter.  In Chapter 1, “The Dawn of a Revolution,” Michel-Yves Bolloré and Olivier Bonnassies write, “Never before have so many spectacular scien...