An Urban Monk is a man or woman who is committed to developing a Rule of Life that consists of spiritual practices that moves integration into practice. Urban Monks personally select various spiritual practices as an Integrative Rule of Life in order to help them integrate their actions and reactions with the actions and reactions of the people and places that make up their everyday world. A Rule of Life is a time-honored practice that has helped ordinary people live extraordinary spiritual lives by deepening their spiritual lives through a personal living covenant with God.
An Urban Monk’s living covenant with God is rooted in the passion of Christ. The source of Jesus’ passion was his intense love for humanity which resulted in his uncompromising commitment to walk a very precise and narrow path to redeem humanity. The scriptures remind us to imitate his love for humanity because such love should be the source of our own passion and redemption.