Author: Dr Kevin Hall

Part 6 | Educational Leadership Series – The Way Bahamas What campus unrest in the United States can teach us about collaborative leadership, decision-making, and shared governance—from Ivy League boardrooms to Caribbean universities. The Moment of Unrest When Columbia University’s campus erupted in protest over administrative policy decisions, one image captured the nation’s attention—a circle of professors standing arm-in-arm between police barricades and students. They weren’t there to fuel resistance but to mediate trust. Their message was simple: Listen to us. Let us lead with you. It was a defining test of shared governance—the collaborative decision-making framework that balances administrative…

Part 5 | Educational Leadership Series – The Way Bahamas Jordan’s Choice Jordan counts the bills on her kitchen table for the third time this week. A sophomore at a mid-sized public university in Georgia, she’s working two part-time jobs and still coming up short. Her tuition has climbed again—just over $11,000 this semester. The federal Pell Grant covers less than half; the rest sits on a credit-card statement and a student loan account she’s afraid to open. She stares at the unpaid balance and wonders: Is it worth it? Jordan’s story is no outlier—it’s the new face of higher…

Policy Considerations Part 5 | Educational Leadership Series – The Way Bahamas The Economic Architecture of Inequality The cost of higher education in the United States has become a structural barrier to access and equity. Over the past two decades, tuition and mandatory fees have increased by more than 141 percent at public institutions and 181 percent at private ones, while median household income has grown by just 17 percent (Education Data Initiative, 2024). These figures illustrate a basic imbalance between institutional pricing and public capacity to pay—a disequilibrium with significant social consequences. Public investment has not kept pace. The…

Part 1 | Educational Leadership Series – The Way Bahamas Meet Keri, an 11th‑grade student at a government high school in Nassau. Every morning she wakes up hoping today will be different—hoping she can stay with the roll call, keep up with the lesson, maybe even understand the new material the teacher puts on the board. She’s trying. She really is.But the reality she walks into is a heavy one. Her mother works long hours—sometimes two part‑time jobs—to make ends meet. Many nights, Keri goes to bed without knowing if tomorrow’s breakfast will be more than cereal. Some mornings she slips…

Part 2 | Educational Leadership Series – The Way Bahamas In the hallways of our Bahamian secondary schools, many students show up physically—but their minds are wrestling with issues that books and lesson plans don’t cover. For every teacher who calls the roll, there’s a young person whose readiness to learn has been eroded by situations outside the classroom: long hours helping at home, lack of food or space, stress at home, or simply the ripple‑effects of the pandemic. Take a moment to imagine a pupil—let’s call her “Keri.” She’s in Grade 11, determined to succeed, but she carries invisible…

Part 3 | Educational Leadership Series – The Way Bahamas When Keri walked into class that Monday morning, she didn’t bring just her backpack—she carried the weight of her world. The arguments at home from the night before, the anxiety of an empty refrigerator, the constant fear that she might fall behind again. To the casual observer, she was another distracted student. But to an ACE-informed educator, Keri’s behavior isn’t a discipline problem—it’s a distress signal. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, a leading voice in the field of childhood trauma, has shown how repeated stress in early life—what she calls Adverse…

Part 4 | Educational Leadership Series – The Way Bahamas Marvin was sixteen and already known around the campus for ‘trouble.’ He skipped classes, mouthed off to teachers, and spent more time in the guidance office than in math. What most people didn’t know was that Marvin’s home in Bain Town was noisy and unpredictable — his mother juggling two jobs, his older brother in and out of court, and food sometimes running out before Friday.When a new guidance counselor arrived that term, she saw something others missed. Instead of focusing on detentions, she asked about his mornings, his meals,…

A Doctrine & Theology Reflection | The Way Bible Series The Meaning of Atonement The word “atonement” means to make amends or to reconcile two estranged parties. In Hebrew, the term kaphar literally means “to cover,” pointing to the act of covering sin before God’s sight (Leviticus 16:30). In Greek, the New Testament word katallagē carries the sense of reconciliation — a restored relationship between God and humankind. At its heart, atonement bridges the chasm between God’s holiness and human sinfulness. Every offering, sacrifice, and ritual in Israel’s history was a shadow of this ultimate work of reconciliation. The Tabernacle…

A Doctrine & Theology Reflection | The Way Bible Series A Simple Question, a Deep Divide For many Christians, baptism is a moment of public confession and sacred joy. Yet within the global church, the words spoken over the baptismal waters have become a line of demarcation. The question: When Jesus said in Matthew 28:18–20 to baptize “in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,” was He prescribing a formula of divine titles? Or, as Acts 2:38 records, does the baptism “in the name of Jesus Christ” represent the true apostolic pattern? This is not…

A Theological Reflection on Unity and Division within Pentecostalism Background and Context “Between Fire and Water” captures the historical effort to reconcile theological differences between Trinitarian and Oneness Pentecostals. This six-year dialogue (2002–2007), conducted under the auspices of the Society for Pentecostal Studies (SPS) and published in Pneuma (Vol. 30, 2008), brought leading scholars together to discuss the Godhead, baptism, and salvation. Participants included Frank D. Macchia (Assemblies of God) and David K. Bernard (United Pentecostal Church International), along with Kimberly Alexander, Edmund Rybarczyk, Bishop James Johnson, and others. The Roots of Division (1916) The Pentecostal movement fractured in 1916…