{"id":27312,"date":"2026-01-21T18:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=27312"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T15:24:14","slug":"eps-240-guest-mark-longhurst-the-holy-ordinary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/eps-240-guest-mark-longhurst-the-holy-ordinary\/","title":{"rendered":"Eps 240: Guest, Mark Longhurst, The Holy Ordinary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was really blessed to have a conversation with Mark about his book <strong><em>The Holy Ordinary<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2FTheHoly_Ordinary_Mark_Longhurst.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Feps-240-guest-mark-longhurst-the-holy-ordinary%2F\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/TheHoly_Ordinary_Mark_Longhurst.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=27312-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/TheHoly_Ordinary_Mark_Longhurst.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TheHoly_Ordinary_Mark_Longhurst.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 36:00 &#8212; 49.5MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('27312-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_27312-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_27312-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2FTheHoly_Ordinary_Mark_Longhurst.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Feps-240-guest-mark-longhurst-the-holy-ordinary%2F&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;165&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;blubrryplayer-2&quot; class=&quot;blubrryplayer&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe to Spark My Muse <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/spark-my-muse\/id988423690?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D27312\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/spark-my-muse\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/spark-my-muse\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/spark-muse-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe to Spark My Muse\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to Spark My Muse<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You are also invited to watch some short clips I post on YouTube of this conversation. Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/Youtube.com\/@Sparkmymuse\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"Youtube.com\/@Sparkmymuse\">Youtube.com\/@Sparkmymuse<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-14-at-6.00.40-PM-606x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27314\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.5913625711416136;width:183px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-14-at-6.00.40-PM-606x1024.png 606w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-14-at-6.00.40-PM-177x300.png 177w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-14-at-6.00.40-PM-89x150.png 89w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-14-at-6.00.40-PM-768x1299.png 768w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-14-at-6.00.40-PM-908x1536.png 908w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-14-at-6.00.40-PM.png 958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2FTheHoly_Ordinary_Mark_Longhurst.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Feps-240-guest-mark-longhurst-the-holy-ordinary%2F\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-3\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/TheHoly_Ordinary_Mark_Longhurst.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=27312-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/TheHoly_Ordinary_Mark_Longhurst.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TheHoly_Ordinary_Mark_Longhurst.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 36:00 &#8212; 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