Create From Chaos

• 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 [email protected]

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• (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.

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• 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.

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• 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=SsBRJCmNkjgLecture by Robert Alter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSQqde4y-Vc&t=356s

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• 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.

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