How I learned to Meditate

by Malcolm Smith

Book by Smith, Malcolm

127 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Malcolm Smith was born in London, England just as Europe was plunged into World War two. His earliest memories were made up of bomb shelters, blitzed buildings and bomb craters to the backdrop of the fear filled faces of parents.

He came to faith in Jesus Christ in his early teens and experienced a fullness of the Spirit almost immediately that was to change and redirect his life forever. He began to preach at age fourteen and has over the last decades preached throughout the world.

Malcolm Smith is not an evangelist but as he often describes himself, is an evangelist to the evangelized, teaching believers who they are in Christ, the beloved of God and His dwelling place through the Spirit.

He was pastor of a church in New York City where all that he was beginning to understand was put to the test of the broken lives that fill the streets of that city. It was during that time that he found himself traveling through the U.S. as a teacher and leader of the emerging renewal of the Spirit throughout all denominations in the 60's and 70's. These travels extended to almost every continent.

He now resides in Bandera, Texas with his wife Nancy who joins him in her ministry of prayer and healing gifts of the Spirit. On the Zoe Ranch he conducts retreats and a non-residential Bible School. He also travels throughout the U.S. conducting retreats and meetings in churches and organizations of all denominations.

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a spiritual autobiography about a man who learned to meditate in a Christian way. I appreciated how Smith shared about how he grew in this, failed, and learned things again. There were a couple of minor points I disagreed with, mostly when it came to the emphasis on how things made him feel, however, I still think there was a lot of wisdom to be gleaned from this book.

[Clay and Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book spoke to my heart and is affecting my life. I particularly appreciated his explanation of the differences between eastern meditation and Christian meditation. "Christian meditation is detachment in order to become attached to Jesus the risen Lord. The Christian reaches through the silence to the presence of God beyond, to wait upon Him and listen to Him." For a believer there is a goal in meditation "beyond the silence," but silence must come first.

[Philip Edwards]

Another great book by Reverend Malcolm Smith. If you want to learn to meditate upon Scripture. This is the book!