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Episode 1 – Returning to the Beginning: Creation, Dust, and the Voice That Shapes Us

Welcome to the first full episode of The 100 Sacred Stories. This isn’t a sermon or a lecture. It’s a long-form, personal exploration of the most quoted and enduring stories in the Bible—not as dogma, but as blueprints behind our lives, our values, and the soul-level ache we all carry.

My name is Casey Marx. I’m not a pastor or theologian. I’m a founder, husband, and seeker. I built a half-billion-dollar firm. I lost my father at 15. I buried my best friend. I’ve walked through nihilism, ambition, suffering, and faith—and spent 25 years searching for the thread that ties it all together.

What I found—beneath the noise and dogma—was a set of ancient stories that still speak, shape, and save.

This podcast is my offering.

Part I: Why This Podcast Exists

This is a Saturday project, recorded in my office on off-hours. No production team. No spin. Just me, a mic, and a desire to pass on what I’ve learned to my children—and to anyone else standing at the edge, looking for meaning.

We begin where all great journeys do: the beginning. But before we open Genesis, we pause for something essential—how to listen.

Because these stories aren’t just meant to be read or analyzed. They’re meant to work on us. The way ritual, poetry, and story have always shaped humans—long before therapy or science could explain why.

Part II: How to Listen (Truth That Transforms)

Before Eden, before the flood, before the commandments—there was story. And story was survival. Our minds don’t change through data. They change through meaning.

Modern neuroscience, depth psychology, and ancient wisdom agree: stories rewire us. They transform our moral imagination. They awaken something abstract principles never could.

You don’t have to take every word literally. But when you live as if these stories are true—when you forgive, resist temptation, seek reconciliation—you build the kind of world these stories were teaching us to build.

Part III: Story One – The Creation of the World (Genesis 1)

“In the beginning, God created…”

You’ve heard it. But what if you could hear it again for the first time?

This isn’t just about light and planets. It’s about the chaos we all start in—and the voice that shapes it.

Every act of creation in your life mirrors Genesis 1. When you bring order to your home, your finances, your grief—you reenact the divine pattern. And when you stop and call it “very good,” you honor the same rhythm the Creator did.

Genesis 1 isn’t a science textbook. It’s a cosmic template. And it speaks to every overwhelmed soul standing in the mess.

Part IV: Story Two – Dust and Breath (Genesis 2)

Genesis 2 zooms in. It’s not about galaxies anymore. It’s about you.

God forms man from dirt—with His hands. He breathes life into him. When He sees man is alone, He doesn’t shame him. He makes a partner—not from his head or feet, but from his side. Close to his heart.

This isn’t just origin. It’s what it means to be human.

To be made of dust—and breath. To be seen—without shame. To be wired for communion. To need someone—and not call that weakness.

This story whispers it’s okay to want to be seen. To not be okay alone. To carry within us both clay and soul.

Outro: A Thread Worth Following

These stories set the stage for everything else. They teach us who we are, where we come from, and what we were meant to become.

If you’ve felt overwhelmed by chaos…

If you’ve wondered whether loneliness was a flaw…

If you’ve doubted God but kept seeking anyway…

This is for you.