What if your pastor could tell you everything - not from the pulpit, but from the deepest place in his heart?

After forty-five years behind the pulpit, Rev. Dr. Phillip G. Andrade has carried sorrows that most shepherds carry alone - watching sincere, faithful believers drift quietly away from the very things that bring life. This is the book he could no longer not write.

What Your Pastor Wishes You Knew is a tearful, honest, pastoral confession - a love letter written in grief and hope. Dr. Andrade names seven spiritual drifts that quietly erode faith, families, and witness.

The Seven Drifts

Worship - Many attend out of habit while their hearts remain far from God. This chapter tenderly confronts the difference between obligation and encounter, and the quiet danger of the empty seat.

Word - Biblical illiteracy is devastating the church from within. Believers trust a Bible they have never truly read, missing the transformation that only sustained engagement with Scripture can produce.

Share - Most Christians believe their unsaved neighbors face eternity without God - and remain silent. This chapter confronts the painful gap between stated belief and lived urgency.

Kingdoms - The line between the church and the world has grown dangerously faint.

Impact - Through a memorable parable of a man who decorates a train station instead of boarding the train to paradise, this chapter challenges believers to examine whether they are building earthly kingdoms or eternal ones.

Serve - The consumer mentality has invaded the church. A faithful few carry burdens meant for many. This chapter calls every believer back to the servanthood modeled by the One who came not to be served, but to serve.

Together - Sunday mornings are full of people who are in the same room and completely alone. This is both diagnosis and invitation - a call to the deep, costly fellowship every soul was made to need.

Built-In Tools & Assessments

Each chapter includes studies designed for personal study, small groups, or pastoral teaching - alongside pointed Reflect questions for honest self-examination.

The comprehensive Drift Assessment invites readers to score themselves across all seven areas on a 1-5 scale, then plot results on a radar chart to reveal the actual shape of their spiritual life at a glance. It can be completed privately, shared with a pastor, or used in a small group setting.

A final Practical Suggestions for Pastors section provides sermon series frameworks, small group guides, and one-on-one conversation starters for all seven drifts