[5][6] The song "Only Hope" was featured in the movie A Walk To Remember, and the tracks "New Way to Be Human", "Something More (Augustine's Confession)", and "I Turn Everything Over" received substantial play on Christian radio.

The intro to the book is written by Jon Foreman, Switchfoot's lead singer and songwriter.

Both "Sooner or Later (Soren's Song)" and "Something More (Augustine's Confession)" are based upon the works of philosophers.

These are his thoughts as best as I understand them," alluding to the philosophy of Danish Christian philosopher Søren Kierkegaard.

The song also references Jean-Paul Sartre's idea that men are "condemned to be free".