What Your Pastor Wishes You Knew

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 DriftsWorship - 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 & AssessmentsEach 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