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Create From ChaosDear Mia | Exploring my daughter's questions about the BibleOver the summer, Mia asked me a question that I couldn't stop thinking about: "Mama, why do you love the Bible so much?" In this season finale, I finally answer this question and two more from Mia: What is the Bible is about? Who wrote it? If you have children, I invite you to listen together.
2025-11-2126 min
Create From ChaosMisty Morning | A story of a stranger and an imaginary friendOne morning, a mother opens her door to find a stranger, and their conversation unfolds amid the playful chaos of her spirited children. As their stories intertwine, an imaginary friend and an ancient song leads them towards a tender connection. This episode is a little different — a story woven from threads across the season so far. Get in touch at mara@marameasor.com or @marameasor on Instagram.
2025-11-0725 min
Create From ChaosCosmic Pretzel | When did we start calling the Bible the word of God?The phrase "the Word of God" had a long history before it ever meant "the Bible." This episode traces its evolution — from God's voice speaking creation into being, to prophets hearing from their maker, to God's Word becoming human, to early Christians referring to a collection of ancient writings by the same name. This is the story of how this pretzel of a phrase became attached to a book.Get in touch at mara@marameasor.com or @marameasor on Instagram.
2025-10-2427 min
Create From ChaosTracing the River | What scholars reveal about the Bible's makingThe Bible doesn't hide its human authorship — that was last episode. But what does the broader historical record reveal? This episode traces the scholarly perspective on Scripture's formation: from oral tradition to written scrolls, from Babylonian exile to Roman invasion, from individual writings to bound codices. A thousand years of human endeavor, as though guided by something beyond them all.Get in touch at mara@marameasor.com or @marameasor on Instagram.
2025-10-0229 min
Create From ChaosListening to the Choir: What the Bible reveals about its own makingThree 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.
2025-09-2230 min
Create From ChaosOutside the Frame | An ode to unresolved mysteryAfter 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.
2025-08-2932 min
Create From ChaosSpider Webs | Following threads through timeIn 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.
2025-08-2021 min
Create From ChaosPacing | Learning to run with chaosA 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
2025-05-2922 min
Create From Chaos(Bonus) I Do Remember | A creation poemIn 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.
2025-05-2102 min
Create From ChaosSampling | The genesis of a songWhen 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.
2025-05-1429 min
Create From ChaosTranslations | Seeing fresh faces of an ancient storyWhat 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=SsBRJCmNkjgLecture by Robert Alter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSQqde4y-Vc&t=356s
2025-05-0728 min
Create From ChaosSeventy Faces | The practice of wrestling with the BibleA 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.
2025-04-3028 min
Create From ChaosBeginning Again | The winding road to season twoWhen Mara watches a young gymnast at her daughter's class one day, she sees a mirror of her own creative journey: a dizzying dance between glee and dismay. The gap between her voice saying "not good enough" and the unanxious creator in Genesis One declaring "exceedingly good" becomes the space Season Two emerges from.
2025-04-2321 min
Create From ChaosRest | Genesis 2:1-3In the season finale, Mara explores the seventh day of creation—the day of rest. She unpacks how ancient audiences would have understood this as the cosmos becoming a sacred dwelling place, and traces the theme of Sabbath through history to its evolving meaning."Day 7 is the only day that does not end with the line, 'then there was evening, then there was morning.' Because that day, the seventh day, would have been the fulfillment of the whole journey. The intention is that the seventh day is the day without end."KEY THEMES:...
2024-11-2155 min
Create From ChaosHumans / Adam | Genesis 1:24-31Mara examines the creation of humans on Day Six, focusing on what it means to be created "in the image of God." She explores the ancient Near Eastern context of images and idols to illuminate this profound concept. "The ancient writers are saying that not just the kings, not just the leaders, not just the priests, but every human, and humanity as one collective is the image of the divine." KEY THEMES: • The Hebrew word "Adam" meaning "human" rather than a male name • The ancient understanding of images/idols as representations of deities • How Genesis democratizes royal language for all humans...
2024-10-2345 min
Create From ChaosSea Monsters | Genesis 1:20-23Mara explores day five of creation, where creatures of the sea and sky are created. She gives special attention to the "great sea creatures" (tanin) and how this connects to the serpent/monster motif throughout ancient literature. "Every single creature is full of God and a book about God. Every creature is a word of God. If I spent enough time with the tiniest creature — even a caterpillar — I would never have to prepare a sermon. So full of God is every creature." (Meister Eckhart) KEY THEMES: • The Bible's surprising mention of sea monsters in creation • Cross-cultural myths about sea monsters...
2024-10-0942 min
Create From ChaosSun, Moon, & Stars | Genesis 1:14-19In this episode, Mara ventures into perhaps the most complex day of creation—Day Four—exploring the creation of the "heavenly bodies" and what ancient audiences would have understood about these celestial objects. She unpacks the parallel story of heavenly and earthly realms."There is more I don't know than I do, and so I paint. There is more I don't see than I do, and so I sing..."KEY THEMES:• The ancient understanding of the sun, moon, and stars as divine entities• The concept of "heavenly hosts" and their role• T...
2024-09-2547 min
Create From ChaosLand & Trees | Genesis 1:9-13Mara examines Day Three, where the waters are gathered and vegetation is called forth, particularly focusing on trees as a recurring motif throughout ancient literature. She traces this tree imagery from Genesis through later texts."We are the soil. But we're also the seed. We are what he's raising from the ground."KEY THEMES:• The recurring image of parting waters to create life and freedom• Trees as a profound symbol from earliest stories to later literature• The pattern of the first three days creating environments for what follows• Th...
2024-05-3037 min
Create From ChaosThe Sky Dome | Genesis 1:6-8Mara explores Day Two of creation when the raqia (dome/firmament) is created to separate the waters. She explains ancient cosmology and how this vision of a protective barrier has reshaped her understanding of relationships."This image affects how I show up in relationships... In moments of tension, I think to myself, Get Big. Make space. Be a raqia."KEY THEMES:• Ancient Near Eastern cosmology and the three-tiered universe• The raqia (dome/expanse/firmament) as a protective shield• How chaos is actively held back to create space for life•...
2024-05-2239 min
Create From ChaosLet There Be Light | Genesis 1:3-5Mara focuses on Day One of creation, examining the first words ("Let there be light") and what they reveal about the creator's character. She explores the ancient understanding of light as both physical and divine, and how time begins with the separation of light from darkness."The contrast between light and darkness is a foundational image of the underlying cosmic story."KEY THEMES:• The gentle, unrushed nature of the creative process• The ancient understanding of light as both physical and divine• The creation of time as the first creative act
2024-05-1525 min
Create From ChaosDesert, Darkness & The Deep | Genesis 1:2Mara examines Genesis 1:2 and explores the pre-creation elements of wasteland (tohu vavohu), darkness (choshek), and chaos waters (tehom). She discusses how these elements aren't presented as enemies but as raw materials for creation."By understanding the non-ordered state of creation and how that is not a rival of the creator, I have become bolder, less fearful as a maker and a mother."KEY THEMES:• The ancient understanding of creation as order emerging from chaos• Parallels between Genesis and other ancient creation myths• How these elements later become symbols of opposi...
2024-05-0833 min
Create From ChaosA Sacred Home | Genesis 1:1Mara explores the very first verse of the Bible, examining what "the heavens and the earth" meant to ancient audiences versus our modern understanding. She unpacks how ancient Near Eastern creation stories influenced Genesis and what makes the Israelite perspective distinct."I see a being, picking up a paintbrush to outline a space for his creatures, his humans, to be with him. And whenever these humans tell the story of their origin, they point right back at him as they notice that outline."KEY THEMES:• The Hebrew words for "heaven" (shamayim) and "earth" (er...
2024-05-0131 min
Create From ChaosThe Artist & The Christian | The story behind the podcastIn this debut episode, Mara introduces herself and shares the personal story that led to this podcast. Growing up as both an artist and a person of faith, she experienced tension between these two identities until a deep dive into Genesis in January 2023 sparked a profound shift in her perspective. She explains how exploring ancient biblical texts through their original context has awakened wonder, meaning, and creativity in her life."Reading the book of Genesis began my journey from a tortured artist to a wildly alive human being."KEY THEMES:• Mara's background as an...
2024-05-0116 min
Create From ChaosWelcome to Create From ChaosHi, I'm Mara, a singer-songwriter, a mother, and a fledgling bible nerd, here's what this podcast will be all about.
2024-04-2401 min
Gems of MotherhoodRediscovering Self :: Mara Measor [EP64]The relentless pressures of motherhood don’t afford much time to nurture your personal identity, and it can become easy to let yourself slip away. In our culture, mothers are told that anything we do for ourselves takes something away from our kids. Today my guest Mara Measor will be talking about rediscovering self. Mara shares about her fears and insecurity of being a mother. However, after having her daughter, she realized that the world is very simple which helped stripe away her insecurity. Looking at the World through the eyes of her child, helped Mara rediscover herse...
2021-10-1831 min
2021-08-0220 min
藝坊星期天藝術家張瀚謙，香港大學美術博物館展覽《剛果色彩》& 現場表演：唱作人 Mara Measor 及結他手張駿豪《藝坊星期天》透過採訪不同視覺及表演藝術、音樂、文學、電影以及其他相關活動，訪問不同的藝術家、劇作家、音樂家等等，展現香港的藝術文化面貌，及有關方面的發展。亦會邀請不同嘉賓作現場表演，為觀眾帶來一個充滿文化藝術的星期天下午。
2021-03-2721 min
The WorksArtist Chris Cheung, "Colours of Congo" & in the studio: Mara Measor & Teriver CheungNew media artist Chris Cheung’s inspiration stems from his love of Eastern and Western philosophies. His audio-visual works blend traditional ideas and futuristic imagination.
In 1926, the Belgian colonial administrator Georges Thiry set up a studio a...
2021-03-2321 min
Crowdfunding Christian Music AudioEpisode 029Episode 29 Show Notes:
Chonda Pierce – Laughing in the Dark (1:17)
IndieGoGo
Advocate – Rebirth (6:46)
Kickstarter
Website
Hilary and Bethany (10:53)
Kickstarter
JG x Red Letter – Pursuit of Happiness deluxe (15:13)
IndieGoGo
Rapzilla
Noisetrade
Updates: (21:17)
Mara Measor – Naked Prayers
For a Season- I Will Wait
Jesus Wired
Andrew Camp – Worship project
Kickstarter
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Theme song, ‘Hypostatic Union’ on the project ‘The Future’ by The X-Structure
creative commons license and used by permission.
Bandcamp page:
The album...
2015-08-2224 minCrowdfunding Christian Music VideoEpisode 029Episode 29 Show Notes: Chonda Pierce – Laughing in the Dark (1:17) IndieGoGo Advocate – Rebirth (6:46) Kickstarter Website Hilary and Bethany (10:53) Kickstarter JG x Red Letter – Pursuit of Happiness deluxe (15:13) IndieGoGo Rapzilla Noisetrade Updates: (21:17) Mara Measor – Naked Prayers For a Season- I Will Wait Jesus Wired Andrew Camp – Worship project Kickstarter ****************** ... Read more
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2015-08-2200 minCrowdfunding Christian Music AudioEpisode 022Episode 22 Show Notes:
Laura Coronado – Time Is All Around EP (1:10)
Kickstarter
Website
Soundcloud
Drew Miller – Without Love We Perish (6:16)
IndieGoGo
Website
Daniel Deitrich – The Table (11:06)
Kickstarter
Website
Bandcamp
Gungor – One Wild Life – (Soul | Spirit | Body) (16:34)
3 album pre-order digital season pass $25 only until July 10th –
UPDATES:
Mara Measor – Naked Prayers
Album is recorded and mixed. book cover finalized. more to be done.
Wax Stacks
my unboxing video
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Theme song, ‘Hypostatic Union’ on...
2015-07-0323 minCrowdfunding Christian Music AudioEpisode 004
Episode 4 Show Notes:
Mara Measor 3/12
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2118890138/naked-prayers-a-book-and-album-by-mara-measor
http://www.marameasor.com/
https://wehisbeloved.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/naked-prayers-a-book-and-album-by-mara-measor/
Soul’d Out Quartet 3/14
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1447434526/hymns-recording
http://www.souldoutquartet.com/store
Nick Coetzee 3/14
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/136887815/rain-music-instrumental
Spoken 3/17
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1301809405/spoken-new-album-2015
http://www.indievisionmusic.com/2015/02/01/spoken-launch-kickstarter-new-single-featuring-matty-mullins/
http://www.spokenmusic.com/
Tree63 3/23
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tree63/the-new-tree63-record
http://tree63.com/
Aaron Stru...
2015-03-0628 minCrowdfunding Christian Music VideoEpisode 004Episode 4 Show Notes: Mara Measor 3/12 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2118890138/naked-prayers-a-book-and-album-by-mara-measor http://www.marameasor.com/ https://wehisbeloved.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/naked-prayers-a-book-and-album-by-mara-measor/ Soul’d Out Quartet 3/14 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1447434526/hymns-recording http://www.souldoutquartet.com/store Nick Coetzee 3/14 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/136887815/rain-music-instrumental Spoken 3/17 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1301809405/spoken-new-album-2015 http://www.indievisionmusic.com/2015/02/01/spoken-launch-kickstarter-new-single-featuring-matty-mullins/ http://www.spokenmusic.com/ Tree63 3/23 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tree63/the-new-tree63-record http://tree63.com/ Aaron Strumpel http://aaronstrumpel.bandcamp.com/album/bright-star Luxury autobiography 4/13 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2019093747/luxury-documentary-biography-autobiography http://luxury.bandcamp.com/ Theme song, ‘Hypostatic Union’ on the project ‘The Future’ by...
2015-03-0628 min
藝坊星期天新年特備節目: Mara Measor,張懸, 曲婉婷, Ludovico Einaudi, The Red Stripes新年特備節目: Mara Measor,張懸, 曲婉婷, Ludovico Einaudi, The Red Stripes
2015-02-2821 min
藝坊星期天唱作人鍾氏兄弟, 藝術家Mark Bradford,法國大師畫展在澳門, 現場表演: 唱作人Mara Measor和結他手Teriver Cheung唱作人鍾氏兄弟, 藝術家Mark Bradford,法國大師畫展在澳門, 現場表演: 唱作人Mara Measor和結他手Teriver Cheung
2014-08-0921 min
The WorksThe Chung Brothers; Gallery Shows; French Masterpieces in Macau; Mara Measor and Teriver CheungWe’re beginning our show this week with two musicians audiences will have seen in our studio before: the brothers Roger and Henry Chung. As a duo, they’ve previously been known for the Christianity-inspired music, but with their new CD "Edge, they’ve d...
2014-07-3022 min
The WorksTakashi Murakami; Fernando Botero; The Rite of Spring Centenary; Mara Measor in the StudioLast week, we devoted the whole of The Works to the first Art Basel Hong Kong. While the art fair was under way we caught up with two of the most popular artists on sale there. Takashi Murakami, and Fernando Botero. For fans of Takashi Murakami the goo...
2013-06-0422 min
藝坊星期天藝坊星期天(第三輯)第八集DETOUR 2012
一年一度的創意盛事DETOUR 2012，連串活動包括展覽、講座、工作坊等等已經陸續展開，不但展現香港本土創意力量，同時亦為年輕新進創作人提供機會，展出佢地的精選作品.
創作歌手Mara Measor
出生及成長於香港的創作Mara Measor，在紐約展開她創作歌手的生涯，並發行了第一張EP，她在上星期於Clockenflap演出. 她在本集為我們表演.
攝影展"Watermark"
世界知名加拿大攝影師兼藝術家Edward Burtynsky，最擅長以壯觀角度記錄人...
2012-12-0921 min
The WorksDetour 2012; In the Studio: Singer-Songwriter Mara Measor; Photographer Edward Burtynsky; In the StuIn this week's show we look at this year's Detour Exhibition, Detour 2012, which takes place at the Wan Chai Police Station.
Hong Kong-born but New York-based Mara Measor appeared at the Clockenflap music festival in the weekend. Todays she is in our ...
2012-12-0422 min