{"id":4459,"date":"2014-05-31T14:33:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T20:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/affirmation.org\/?p=4459"},"modified":"2021-10-03T08:43:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T14:43:57","slug":"navigating-unchartered-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/pt\/navegando-em-territorio-desconhecido\/","title":{"rendered":"Navegando no Territ\u00f3rio N\u00e3o Chartered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Por Randall Thacker, Presidente, Afirma\u00e7\u00e3o: M\u00f3rmons LGBT, Fam\u00edlias e Amigos<br \/>\n<em>Palestra proferida em 3 de maio de 2014 nas margens do rio Mississippi, no final da Parley Street, de onde os santos partiram de Nauvoo em 1846<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10258055_10152333981095380_4325680581065031284_o-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14125\" src=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10258055_10152333981095380_4325680581065031284_o-21-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"10258055_10152333981095380_4325680581065031284_o-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10258055_10152333981095380_4325680581065031284_o-21-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10258055_10152333981095380_4325680581065031284_o-21-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10258055_10152333981095380_4325680581065031284_o-21-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10258055_10152333981095380_4325680581065031284_o-21-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10258055_10152333981095380_4325680581065031284_o-21.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Hoje estamos no ponto de partida de onde os santos deixaram Nauvoo e foram para o oeste, para um territ\u00f3rio desconhecido. Sim, havia algum territ\u00f3rio mapeado, mapas e coisas, mas para um futuro desconhecido.<\/p>\n<p>Lembro-me de quando sa\u00ed pela primeira vez. Eu estava com tanto medo daquele futuro desconhecido e do que ele significava para mim, minha fam\u00edlia e minha f\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>E eu sei que muitos de voc\u00eas aqui passaram por esse ponto na vida ... ou talvez estejam passando por isso hoje.<\/p>\n<p>Estamos aqui em Nauvoo. Algumas pessoas perguntaram: &quot;por que estamos aqui?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Estamos aqui para ter comunh\u00e3o e aprender para nos fortalecer.<\/p>\n<p>Temos uma jornada muito, muito longa pela frente. \u00c0s vezes, comparo isso \u00e0 jornada dos israelitas que deixaram o Egito. E que parte do movimento que vimos em nossa f\u00e9 nos \u00faltimos anos \u00e9 como os israelitas sendo libertados do Egito.<\/p>\n<p>O que veio a seguir? Quarenta anos viajando pelo deserto e pelo deserto. E foi muito, muito dif\u00edcil. Ser\u00e1 uma longa jornada at\u00e9 a aceita\u00e7\u00e3o total dos M\u00f3rmons LGBT dentro da Igreja.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1507311_10152334011690380_4446474389925098680_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14101\" src=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1507311_10152334011690380_4446474389925098680_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"1507311_10152334011690380_4446474389925098680_o\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1507311_10152334011690380_4446474389925098680_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1507311_10152334011690380_4446474389925098680_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1507311_10152334011690380_4446474389925098680_o-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1507311_10152334011690380_4446474389925098680_o-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/1507311_10152334011690380_4446474389925098680_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Muitos de voc\u00eas est\u00e3o aqui porque desejam servir e ajudar os outros. Alguns de voc\u00eas est\u00e3o aqui apenas para ter comunh\u00e3o - e isso \u00e9 bom. Mas eu quero que todos voc\u00eas pensem, nos pr\u00f3ximos momentos, enquanto estamos sentados aqui, com esta vis\u00e3o ... sobre o que os motiva a servir na comunidade LGBT M\u00f3rmon.<\/p>\n<p>E tamb\u00e9m, o que ir\u00e1 sustent\u00e1-lo, para servir no longo caminho \u00e0 frente?<\/p>\n<p>E ent\u00e3o, qual \u00e9 a sua vis\u00e3o para a sua vida? Para o seu futuro? E o que voc\u00ea vai fazer com isso, ou decidir fazer isso?<br \/>\nMuitos de n\u00f3s - muitos dos m\u00f3rmons LGBT que conheci - eles est\u00e3o no limbo. Eles criaram seu pr\u00f3prio limbo. Mas n\u00e3o precisamos ficar no limbo.<\/p>\n<p>Podemos seguir em frente, com uma vida muito saud\u00e1vel e produtiva.<\/p>\n<p>Para alguns, isso significa um ponto de partida com a f\u00e9 e com a Igreja. Eu entendo que para alguns esta \u00e9 uma decis\u00e3o saud\u00e1vel de se tomar.<\/p>\n<p>Para alguns, significa trabalhar. Para alguns, significa voltar.<\/p>\n<p>Tenho pensado muito sobre o que realmente significa &#039;lideran\u00e7a&#039;, porque este retiro \u00e9 um Retiro Espiritual \/ de Lideran\u00e7a. E decidi que significa \u201cfazer algo acontecer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Significa: \u201crealmente fazendo algo acontecer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Eu olho em volta deste grupo aqui e penso em todas as pessoas que fizeram as coisas acontecerem.<\/p>\n<p>E \u00e9 realmente not\u00e1vel.<\/p>\n<p>Penso em Kendall Wilcox, que come\u00e7ou a registrar nossas hist\u00f3rias.<\/p>\n<p>Onde est\u00e1 Kendall?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, olhe, ele est\u00e1 gravando nossa hist\u00f3ria.<\/p>\n<p>Ele ainda est\u00e1 fazendo isso.<\/p>\n<p>Algu\u00e9m perguntou a Kendall: \u201cKendall, gostar\u00edamos que voc\u00ea registrasse nossa hist\u00f3ria?\u201d N\u00e3o. Ele apenas fez acontecer.<\/p>\n<p>Vejo John Gustav-Wrathall, que come\u00e7ou um blog anos atr\u00e1s e foi o primeiro m\u00f3rmon gay com quem conversei e que me fez sentir que poderia ter um lugar dentro da Igreja.<\/p>\n<p>Eu olho para Sammy Galvez, que agora lidera a BYU USGA.<\/p>\n<p>Olho para Justin Keyes, que est\u00e1 ajudando a organizar nossa confer\u00eancia anual, vejo Ron Schow, que escreveu um livro h\u00e1 vinte, trinta anos. Eu olho para Jamison, que refez totalmente o nosso site - e ele fez isso sozinho ... com a ajuda de outros, mas ele liderou o esfor\u00e7o para que isso acontecesse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10258589_10152333965895380_4930429068062482168_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14123\" src=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10258589_10152333965895380_4930429068062482168_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"10258589_10152333965895380_4930429068062482168_o\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10258589_10152333965895380_4930429068062482168_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10258589_10152333965895380_4930429068062482168_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10258589_10152333965895380_4930429068062482168_o-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10258589_10152333965895380_4930429068062482168_o-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10258589_10152333965895380_4930429068062482168_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Eu olho para esta ... rainha ... nossa diva aqui, Carol Lynn Pearson. E ela fez isso porque sabia que havia uma necessidade.<br \/>\nN\u00e3o capturei todos que fizeram algo aqui, pe\u00e7o desculpas se sinto falta de algu\u00e9m.<\/p>\n<p>Muitos de voc\u00eas fizeram muitas, muitas coisas.<\/p>\n<p>Portanto, se pensarmos sobre isso, a lideran\u00e7a trata primeiro de reconhecer uma lacuna. \u00c9 reconhecer uma necessidade n\u00e3o atendida e perceber que existe uma oportunidade para liderar e preencher essa lacuna.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Smith, se olharmos para tr\u00e1s em sua hist\u00f3ria ...<\/p>\n<p>Ele identificou a necessidade de encontrar paz em sua f\u00e9. Ele estava confuso e tamb\u00e9m sabia que havia uma enorme quest\u00e3o teol\u00f3gica acontecendo no &#039;distrito queimado&#039; de Nova York. E ele procurou uma resposta para isso.<\/p>\n<p>Se olharmos para o Profeta Joseph Smith, ele come\u00e7ou quando reconheceu uma necessidade n\u00e3o satisfeita. E ele tinha tanta fome que fez uma pergunta muito dif\u00edcil. E todos n\u00f3s j\u00e1 ouvimos a escritura e a recitamos indefinidamente, certo? Mas eu quero que voc\u00ea ou\u00e7a com aten\u00e7\u00e3o o que diz:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSe algum de v\u00f3s tem falta de sabedoria, pe\u00e7a-a a Deus, que a todos d\u00e1 liberalmente e n\u00e3o censura, e ser-lhe-\u00e1 dada.\u201d Essa a\u00e7\u00e3o levou Joseph a uma vis\u00e3o. Quer voc\u00ea acredite ou n\u00e3o que ele realmente teve uma vis\u00e3o ... todos n\u00f3s podemos pensar sobre isso com a pequena palavra vis\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<p>Ele teve uma vis\u00e3o, e essa declara\u00e7\u00e3o seria: Deus vive. Deus me ouve. E posso falar com Deus. E foi essa a vis\u00e3o que Joseph teve. E foi essa vis\u00e3o que o guiou e guiou tudo o que ele fez, indo em frente.<br \/>\nEsta foi sua \u201cprimeira vis\u00e3o\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Por sua vida.<\/p>\n<p>E para a comunidade que ele iria liderar, daqui para frente.<\/p>\n<p>E ao agir de acordo com essa declara\u00e7\u00e3o de vis\u00e3o, ele buscou mais e mais conhecimento, que chamamos de revela\u00e7\u00f5es.<\/p>\n<p>E a partir disso ele desenvolveu outra vis\u00e3o, que foi o estabelecimento de Si\u00e3o. O conceito de criar um lugar como a cidade de Enoque. Ou criar uma comunidade como a comunidade nefita depois que Cristo os visitou. Uma comunidade em que todos eram puros de cora\u00e7\u00e3o e compartilhavam coisas em comum. E n\u00e3o havia pobres ou rejeitados entre eles. Um lugar com qualidade de vida aceit\u00e1vel para todos. A distin\u00e7\u00e3o de classe foi minimizada e a unidade do grupo alcan\u00e7ada.<\/p>\n<p>Os fundamentos filos\u00f3ficos centrais de Si\u00e3o eram um senso de coes\u00e3o e unidade da comunidade. E ele passou a maior parte do resto de sua vida procurando construir aquela comunidade de Si\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<p>E foi viver com essa vis\u00e3o que levou as pessoas at\u00e9 o outro lado daquele estado. Todo o caminho at\u00e9 o outro lado do Missouri, certo? Com licen\u00e7a, \u00e9 Iowa l\u00e1 ... mas um pouco mais ao sul. Todo o caminho at\u00e9 o outro lado do Missouri at\u00e9 Independence.<\/p>\n<p>E sabemos que eles foram exilados de l\u00e1 e tiveram que vir e recuar.<br \/>\nAqui.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/906267_10152334007475380_1372138869029753046_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14097\" src=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/906267_10152334007475380_1372138869029753046_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"906267_10152334007475380_1372138869029753046_o\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/906267_10152334007475380_1372138869029753046_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/906267_10152334007475380_1372138869029753046_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/906267_10152334007475380_1372138869029753046_o-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/906267_10152334007475380_1372138869029753046_o-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/906267_10152334007475380_1372138869029753046_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Como estamos nos retirando aqui hoje.<\/p>\n<p>E muitas pessoas morreram aqui, nas margens deste rio. Mas tamb\u00e9m muitos milagres ... temos muitos relatos de testemunhas oculares de curas que ocorreram. Alguns pela m\u00e3o do pr\u00f3prio Joseph.<\/p>\n<p>Muitas pessoas morreram sem nunca terem visto aquela vis\u00e3o cumprida. Incluindo Joseph.<\/p>\n<p>E muitos de n\u00f3s aqui morreremos, sem nunca ter tido a vis\u00e3o que temos de Si\u00e3o sendo o que queremos que seja. E muitos j\u00e1 morreram e nunca viram isso acontecer.<\/p>\n<p>Algumas vezes eu me senti, e tenho certeza de que muitos de voc\u00eas, como Joseph se sentiu na Cadeia de Liberty. Quando ele clamou a Deus e disse: Oh Deus, onde est\u00e1s? E onde est\u00e1 o pavilh\u00e3o que cobre o Teu esconderijo? Por quanto tempo Tua m\u00e3o ficar\u00e1 quieta e Teu olho puro contemplar\u00e1 dos c\u00e9us eternos os erros de teu povo? E Teus servos. E o teu ouvido ser\u00e1 penetrado? Sim, oh Senhor, por quanto tempo eles sofrer\u00e3o esses erros? E opress\u00f5es ilegais. Antes que o teu cora\u00e7\u00e3o seja abrandado para com eles? E as tuas entranhas se movem de compaix\u00e3o por eles? \u00d3 Senhor Deus Todo-Poderoso, criador dos c\u00e9us, da terra e dos mares ... e de todas as coisas que neles h\u00e1, estende a Tua m\u00e3o. Deixe teu olho perfurar. Que teu pavilh\u00e3o seja tomado. Que teu esconderijo n\u00e3o seja mais coberto. Que teu ouvido esteja inclinado. Que teu cora\u00e7\u00e3o seja abrandado. E teus arcos se moveram com compaix\u00e3o para n\u00f3s. (D&amp;C 121: 1-4)<\/p>\n<p>Tenho uma vis\u00e3o de que o Senhor nos ama. Tremendo. E que viveremos novamente, por causa de Cristo. Sei pessoalmente que viveremos novamente.<\/p>\n<p>E eu n\u00e3o sei o que isso significa para voc\u00ea ... e talvez seja algo muito diferente do que eu vejo.<\/p>\n<p>Mas pe\u00e7o a todos voc\u00eas, que considerem qual \u00e9 o seu futuro? E qual \u00e9 a vida maravilhosa que voc\u00ea pode criar aqui na mortalidade ... e o que \u00e9 a eternidade para voc\u00ea.<\/p>\n<p>Eu amei a m\u00fasica de John Minagro na noite passada. Eu achei t\u00e3o maravilhoso Quando ouvimos n\u00e3o, n\u00e3o, n\u00e3o o tempo todo ... n\u00e3o temos que ouvir n\u00e3o o tempo todo, podemos nos levantar e seguir em frente com nossas vidas.<\/p>\n<p>Vamos agora discutir - \u201cO que motiva voc\u00ea a servir?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/affirmation.podbean.com\/e\/episode-7-nauvoo-retreat-part-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ou\u00e7a o epis\u00f3dio 7 do Podcast de Afirma\u00e7\u00e3o para ouvir a comovente discuss\u00e3o em grupo que se segue sobre o que motiva os indiv\u00edduos a servir, o que os sustentar\u00e1 no longo caminho \u00e0 frente e o que eles veem como a vis\u00e3o para suas vidas.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10264241_10152334035520380_7517848274359186829_o-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14121\" 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href=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10269223_10152333998950380_6583906004326950365_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14119\" src=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10269223_10152333998950380_6583906004326950365_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"10269223_10152333998950380_6583906004326950365_o\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10269223_10152333998950380_6583906004326950365_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10269223_10152333998950380_6583906004326950365_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10269223_10152333998950380_6583906004326950365_o-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/affirmation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10269223_10152333998950380_6583906004326950365_o-75x50.jpg 75w, 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Sim, havia algum territ\u00f3rio mapeado e mapas e coisas, mas em um futuro desconhecido. Eu me lembro quando sa\u00ed pela primeira vez. Eu estava com tanto medo daquele futuro desconhecido e do que ele significava para mim, minha fam\u00edlia e minha f\u00e9. E eu sei que muitos de voc\u00eas aqui passaram por esse ponto na vida ... ou talvez estejam passando por isso hoje.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":14107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_piecal_is_recurring":false,"_piecal_recurring_interval":1,"_piecal_recurring_frequency":"","_piecal_recurring_exact_position":false,"_piecal_recurring_end":"","_piecal_color":"","_piecal_text_color":"","_piecal_global_color_master":false,"_piecal_rsets":"[]","_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1849],"tags":[19,107,310],"newsletters":[],"class_list":["post-4459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-leadership","tag-lgbt-mormons","tag-vision"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Navigating Unchartered Territory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/affirmation.org\/pt\/navegando-em-territorio-desconhecido\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_BR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Navigating Unchartered Territory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Talk given by Randall Thacker May 3, 2014 on the banks of the Mississippi River: We stand today at the point of departure where the Saints left Nauvoo and went West into in many ways unknown territory. 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