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Welcome! Scita > Scienda features creative nonfiction, social and religious commentary, guest philosophy and humour, and unique interviews from the literary world.

Scienda QuarterlyFor readers: Scienda Quarterly Magazine will be coming in electronic format in 2012. SciendaQ is the armchair adventurer’s magazine, featuring creative writing, literary essays, discussion, interviews and book reviews. Check out the columnists and peruse the Spring issue’s offerings-in-waiting.

For writers: the Scienda Editorial website features articles on the creative journey, links to great writing resources, and detailed information on Cat’s editorial services.

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Biblical Hope

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Think back through the history of the Bible. Abraham, who didn’t exactly believe God, at least not all the time. Samson, a drunken womanizer. David, a power-mongering adulterer, who was also not the best father. Solomon, the unwise wise man. And finally, a young virgin in an out-of-the-way corner of a vast empire.

God often begins with small people and unlikely things. Continue reading →

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Editorial Snookering: The Results Are In

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I would like you to imagine, for a moment, a gentleman a full foot taller than I, of a leanish frame. He wears a leather jacket and boots, a black cotton shirt and slacks. He is slightly balding, with a merry face that reminds one of old pictures of his father in these later days. The left eyebrow tends to arch sharply at odd moments.

He has found himself a chair, stretched out his legs, and settled in for an extended torpor.

That last trait should give away my literary partner, Mr. Marc Schooley of Houston, Texas. Continue reading →

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Introversion, the Privacy Instinct and Critical Mass

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At the end of last year, I’d had enough. More and more people were hanging out here (cool), but with it came an increased level of random internet static, such as the Jezebel incident. Or the mate-seeking brainless rooster incident. There’s a scum layer at the bottom of the cyberpond, and it’s composed of utterly moronic dorks.

This is my personal space, and I have let a lot of my life hang out the window. The level of exposure started to feel too high. The behind-the-scenes writing workload exploded in the first half of the year, and I saw that as a good thing. I could still do what I love without being so public.

So off I went… Continue reading →

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Should Women Think? Mom Versus the Spiritual Charlatan

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An interesting dynamic plays out between conservative evangelical women and false teachers. In the first place, a cultural tradition of rigid segregation of the genders tends to drive a wedge between husbands and wives, effectively dividing and conquering. Separated from their husbands’ oversight, women are exposed to a lot of teaching that their husbands don’t hear about, or hear about too late–after their wives have absorbed and accepted unbiblical, manmade “doctrines of the home” or “doctrines of femininity.” Continue reading →

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