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Ecclesiastes 3:7 says that  “there is a time to keep silence and a time to speak”. At the start of the virus outbreak I felt that it was a time to speak. There was something to say. There was a need to encourage other Christians and try to answer some of the questions that crisis was raising about God. In the last few weeks I felt that it was a time to keep silent. Several reasons. There is a mushroom-cloud of virus responses on the internet. It is saturated with voices claiming to be Christian.  I don’t want to add to that cacophony. People have settled into new routines and are not asking the same questions any more. Along with others, I am weary of the information overload and don’t want to contribute to it. The coronavirus discussion has revolved more and more around political issues. It saddens me that the sense of goodwill that brought communities together can turn so quickly into partisan political finger-pointing and vigilante social-distance po