Christian higher education has the capacity to leave its mark on students in a distinctive way. Combining a rigorous academic program and a vibrant campus life with a deep and genuine spiritual commitment produces a learning environment that moves beyond education alone. It produces a setting wherein lives can be transformed. The messages in this book represent a score of opportunities John Bowling has had to university students, Above All Else guard your heart for it is the wellspring of life. While well suited for the college or university graduate, the collective truth of these messages speaks to young and old alike, for life is filled wit commencements. Each one of us graduates day by day to new opportunities and challenges.