This article originally appeared at the Center for Faith and Culture. The conversation with the pastor usually begins with hesitation. A member of the congregation pulls you aside after service or asks if you have some time during the week, and tells you, with the sort of half-ashamed disquiet that people reserve for things they’re not sure they’re allowed to do, that they’ve just started taking an antidepressant. Their doctor recommended it. Their spouse encouraged it. They’ve been tired for …
