Stefan Fröhlich Home
(since 18 years)
(since 18 years)
Arabic character for "N" like Nazarene, or Christian.
Poems
25th anniversary of my new poems
2024 will be the 25th anniversary of the time when I started writing my new poems. They are not the first poems - I wrote some as a child - but they are the first after a long break. I overcame a writer's block with a new writing style and have never been able to stop since then. In the 20 years I have written over 550 poems. It means a lot to me to be able to write about Jesus Christ and life with him. That's why I'm particularly pleased to be able to present my first poems.
The first was: Kosovo (March/April 1999)
God gives meaning to life (20.5.99)
Prayer (7.6.)
Thank you (12.6.99)
New Horizons (9.7.99)
Transience, as well as autumn and spring 30.10.99
A request (9.11.99)
Christmas poem (14.12.99)
Poem for the turn of the millennium (31.12.99)
I wish you God’s blessing as you read!
2024 will be the 25th anniversary of the time when I started writing my new poems. They are not the first poems - I wrote some as a child - but they are the first after a long break. I overcame a writer's block with a new writing style and have never been able to stop since then. In the 20 years I have written over 550 poems. It means a lot to me to be able to write about Jesus Christ and life with him. That's why I'm particularly pleased to be able to present my first poems.
The first was: Kosovo (March/April 1999)
God gives meaning to life (20.5.99)
Prayer (7.6.)
Thank you (12.6.99)
New Horizons (9.7.99)
Transience, as well as autumn and spring 30.10.99
A request (9.11.99)
Christmas poem (14.12.99)
Poem for the turn of the millennium (31.12.99)
I wish you God’s blessing as you read!
One year later:
And then the year 2002 began. What would it bring? Would new terror shake the world? In any case, we were closer to the return of Jesus Christ than we had been a year ago. Despite all the questions, we knew that we were safe in God and could let ourselves fall into his arms.
Some people set off firecrackers and lit New Year's Eve rockets. We could see hundreds of such beacons above the cities we saw.
We congratulated each other and hugged each other. Some girls started singing Christian songs.
Later we formed a very large circle and asked God to accompany us in the new year. We wanted to reach Bornheim and the surrounding area with the life-changing gospel of Jesus Christ. That was our goal and also our mission.
Epilogue:
It was a strenuous but above all beautiful year that the upstream youth group was able to experience. We came much closer to God and experienced what it means to have real fellowship with him and other Christians. I myself was able to experience what I have written here personally. Fortunately, I was usually at the "crime scenes" and when I wasn't, I interviewed witnesses. I hope that this report brings people closer to God and that people from the upstream group are reminded of what we experienced with God in 2001. We are still a long way from our goal, but things will continue. I'm looking forward to it!
And then the year 2002 began. What would it bring? Would new terror shake the world? In any case, we were closer to the return of Jesus Christ than we had been a year ago. Despite all the questions, we knew that we were safe in God and could let ourselves fall into his arms.
Some people set off firecrackers and lit New Year's Eve rockets. We could see hundreds of such beacons above the cities we saw.
We congratulated each other and hugged each other. Some girls started singing Christian songs.
Later we formed a very large circle and asked God to accompany us in the new year. We wanted to reach Bornheim and the surrounding area with the life-changing gospel of Jesus Christ. That was our goal and also our mission.
Epilogue:
It was a strenuous but above all beautiful year that the upstream youth group was able to experience. We came much closer to God and experienced what it means to have real fellowship with him and other Christians. I myself was able to experience what I have written here personally. Fortunately, I was usually at the "crime scenes" and when I wasn't, I interviewed witnesses. I hope that this report brings people closer to God and that people from the upstream group are reminded of what we experienced with God in 2001. We are still a long way from our goal, but things will continue. I'm looking forward to it!
Mission in Königsberg, Kaliningrad 30.7.-10.8.2001
It is now exactly 20 years since this mission. This is what I wrote at the time:
Three minibuses and a Golf station wagon drove along Poland's country roads. The roads were in a bad condition, with deep ruts. The tar had melted over time and sprayed onto the side of the road, where it had hardened again. This had created a mound there. The journey went through villages where the road twisted in sharp curves. The convoy tried to stay together, but cars often overtook the vehicles with German license plates that were heading for the Russian city of Kaliningrad.
Who were these people who had dared to undertake this journey, which was not entirely without danger, to the former East Prussian city of Königsberg?
Most of us came from the upstream youth group of the Evangelical Free Church in Bornheim. The others came from other churches. The parents of most of us and a few of us were born in Russia. Despite this, the majority of us no longer had much to do with it. Nevertheless, we had embarked on this mission.
What else happened:
Participation in the organization of worship services of a local congregation,
Sightseeing.
Deployment in a drug rehabilitation clinic for children, in a children's home, in a children's leisure village, in a hospital and in a prison.
Camping in the Curonian Spit.
God’s protection on a chaotic journey home
The poem Shadows of the Past was written during the mission.
Three minibuses and a Golf station wagon drove along Poland's country roads. The roads were in a bad condition, with deep ruts. The tar had melted over time and sprayed onto the side of the road, where it had hardened again. This had created a mound there. The journey went through villages where the road twisted in sharp curves. The convoy tried to stay together, but cars often overtook the vehicles with German license plates that were heading for the Russian city of Kaliningrad.
Who were these people who had dared to undertake this journey, which was not entirely without danger, to the former East Prussian city of Königsberg?
Most of us came from the upstream youth group of the Evangelical Free Church in Bornheim. The others came from other churches. The parents of most of us and a few of us were born in Russia. Despite this, the majority of us no longer had much to do with it. Nevertheless, we had embarked on this mission.
What else happened:
Participation in the organization of worship services of a local congregation,
Sightseeing.
Deployment in a drug rehabilitation clinic for children, in a children's home, in a children's leisure village, in a hospital and in a prison.
Camping in the Curonian Spit.
God’s protection on a chaotic journey home
The poem Shadows of the Past was written during the mission.
New Year's Eve in Ahrdorf, Eifel, 2000/2001
It was an event that had a profound impact on me. This awakening within my youth group at the time changed my life forever. I would like to share a few sentences from my report at the time.
We understood, based on the example of the church in Laodicea (Revelation of John), how we stood before God. Empty-handed, poor, blind and naked. We had nothing to show him. But the speaker also said that God wanted to give us spiritual gold to make us rich. After the discussion, we all knelt on the floor and asked God to forgive us for our arrogance. We asked God to change us. This evening was the turning point and a new beginning with God.
The next day, the speaker said, "Yesterday we asked God for forgiveness. Now we should ask each other for forgiveness." Hesitantly, we approached each other and told those we had thought badly of and asked them for forgiveness. Some of us had tears in our eyes. We hugged each other. Joy arose.
The youth leader encouraged us to hold on to it because what had happened here was a revival.
