Pastor Steve gave a sermon on Friday evening about the "khrathong" of God and how we have forgiveness available to us every day of the year. We understood the parable and hoped that our Thai friends were given something to think about. Most of the Northwestern students were able to see the khrathongs on the rivers for themselves and also had some good discussions about what it means to put the little banana boat on the river.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Loy Khrathong
Loy Khrathong is an annual festival in Thailand, a day for the Thai people to put small boats made of banana leaves on the river to ask the river goddess forgiveness for making the river dirty throughout the year. Historically it was a day for people to ask forgiveness in general, though today it's more of a day full of fun activities - from beauty contests to carnivals to fireworks, accompanied, of course, by "loy"-ing a "khrathong" on the water.
Pastor Steve gave a sermon on Friday evening about the "khrathong" of God and how we have forgiveness available to us every day of the year. We understood the parable and hoped that our Thai friends were given something to think about. Most of the Northwestern students were able to see the khrathongs on the rivers for themselves and also had some good discussions about what it means to put the little banana boat on the river.
Pastor Steve gave a sermon on Friday evening about the "khrathong" of God and how we have forgiveness available to us every day of the year. We understood the parable and hoped that our Thai friends were given something to think about. Most of the Northwestern students were able to see the khrathongs on the rivers for themselves and also had some good discussions about what it means to put the little banana boat on the river.
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