Create From Chaos

Mara Measor

In Create From Chaos, Mara Measor invites listeners to step into the first pages of the Bible anew. Each episode weaves together biblical scholarship, original music, and personal narrative as Mara explores how these ancient stories might continue to speak into our present lives.

  1. Listening to the Choir: What the Bible reveals about its own making

    22 SEPT

    Listening to the Choir: What the Bible reveals about its own making

    Three people's reactions to learning about biblical history sparked a question: What were they told about the Bible that made its actual story feel like finding skeletons in a closet? This episode explores the difference between how we often talk about the Bible and what the Bible reveals about itself - from its own editorial comments to its comfortable embrace of multiple voices, perspectives, and even different collections. Get in touch at mara@marameasor.com or @marameasor on Instagram.

    30 min
  2. Outside the Frame | An ode to unresolved mystery

    29 AUG

    Outside the Frame | An ode to unresolved mystery

    After struggling through a dozen drafts of her previous episode on physics and time, Mara finds herself staring at all the ideas that didn't make it into the final cut. Rather than sweep them away, she invites listeners into her messy creative process—exploring the mysterious grammar of the Bible's opening word, the confetti of human perspective, the beautiful chaos of entropy, and her gentle disagreement with a physicist about humanity's place in the cosmos. Sometimes the splattered paint around the canvas tells its own story.

    33 min
  3. Spider Webs | Following threads through time

    20 AUG

    Spider Webs | Following threads through time

    In this episode, Mara takes a detour into the dimension of time. Her exploration of physicist Carlo Rovelli's ideas around time becomes an unexpected echo of her own journey from seeing Scripture as a collection of fixed truths to experiencing it as a living network of stories that continue to weave together across... time.

    22 min
  4. Pacing | Learning to run with chaos

    29 MAY

    Pacing | Learning to run with chaos

    A moment of feeling lost leads Mara to recognize two voices within herself—one always sprinting toward the next finish line, the other content to sit quietly on a porch and watch. Holding this tension, she revisits biblical narratives not as straight lines but as cycles, returning once again to Genesis One—not as a story of perfection achieved, but as an invitation to find beauty in the ongoing rhythm between movement and rest, even while chaos remains all around. Get in touch with Mara at mara@marameasor.com

    22 min
  5. (Bonus) I Do Remember | A creation poem

    21 MAY · BONUS

    (Bonus) I Do Remember | A creation poem

    In this brief bonus episode, Mara shares a poem she was commissioned to write for a gallery exhibition. With this piece, she continues her journey of finding new ways to dwell within the ancient creation story.

    3 min
  6. Sampling | The genesis of a song

    14 MAY

    Sampling | The genesis of a song

    When a forgotten melody comes back to her, Mara follows it back to voice memos from two years ago and discovers an old song she wrote. From iPhone recordings in her car during rainstorms to late-night inspiration at her children's bedside, she takes listeners through the intimate process of building a song layer by layer. Through the art of sampling—weaving found sounds into new creations—Mara discovers a creative practice that mirrors the Genesis story itself: not creating from nothing, but finding beauty in chaos.

    29 min
  7. Translations | Seeing fresh faces of an ancient story

    7 MAY

    Translations | Seeing fresh faces of an ancient story

    What happens when we move from being passive readers of Scripture to active participants in its interpretation? Inspired by the work of Bible translators Robert Alter and N.T. Wright, Mara creates her own mythical rendition of Genesis One that explores the cosmic drama of creation. Like Lucy stepping through the wardrobe into Narnia, this episode invites listeners to encounter the ancient text with fresh wonder. Interview with N. T. Wright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsBRJCmNkjg Lecture by Robert Alter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSQqde4y-Vc&t=356s

    29 min
  8. Seventy Faces | The practice of wrestling with the Bible

    30 APR

    Seventy Faces | The practice of wrestling with the Bible

    A teaching by a British scholar on a difficult passage leaves Mara spellbound in her driveway, and leads her to the ancient Jewish idea of seeing the "seventy faces" of Scripture. Following threads through church history, her evolving relationship with C.S. Lewis, and her marriage with her certainty-loving husband, Mara ponders the way the Bible, like people, reveals more of its richness when approached with curiosity rather than certainty.

    28 min
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In Create From Chaos, Mara Measor invites listeners to step into the first pages of the Bible anew. Each episode weaves together biblical scholarship, original music, and personal narrative as Mara explores how these ancient stories might continue to speak into our present lives.

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  • Creator
    Mara Measor
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Mara Measor
  • Show Website
    Create From Chaos

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