[5] Young was a member of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), where her husband Stephen is an ordained minister and third-generation Christian missionary to Japan.

[8] On April 25, 2015, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker read from Jesus Calling to more than 1,000 people at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition.

[10] The books were donated by The Next Door, a non-profit organization that serves women in crisis and provides Jesus Calling devotionals free of charge to jails and prisons.

[12] Other books written by Sarah Young include: Jesus Calling has prompted objections from within the evangelical community.

David Crump, professor of religion at Calvin College, stated in an interview with Christianity Today that Young "puts her thoughts into the first person and then presents that 'person' as the resurrected Lord".