There is a specific kind of reverence we owe to those who are willing to stand in the middle of what the world has called “finished” and see a beginning.
In the study of leadership, we often celebrate the “maintenance” of success, but we rarely analyze the spiritual and emotional toll of resurrection. We see this reflected today in the news surrounding Morris Brown College. Dr. Kevin James entered an institution that the world had essentially declared “entropy-bound.” For twenty years, Morris Brown had been a memory, academically and culturally dormant, buried under the weight of lost accreditation and public mockery. Yet, through what can only be described as a “hard reset,” he led a movement that moved the school from mockery back to its rightful legacy, achieving full accreditation and a five-fold increase in enrollment (CNN, 2022).
This was not merely administrative work; it was the stewardship of a miracle. Yet, as headlines now announce his sudden departure (Fox 5 Atlanta, 2026), we are reminded that for many leaders, whether in education, ministry, or corporate spaces, the “pioneer” is often released just as the ground becomes stable.
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