As the world's youth population continues to grow and interact globally in an instant through blogging, texting, and social networking, youth ministry is adapting in equal fashion. Authors Terry Linhart and David Livermore offer advice that's substantiated by more than twenty prominent worldwide youth leaders: be prepared. Global Youth Ministry is the first textbook to recognize the phenomenon of global youth ministry and to coordinate leading youth ministry voices in a discussion of the theological, theoretical, sociocultural, and historical issues that shape ministries around the world. Traditionally, students of international youth ministries have had to wade through a range of sources, perspectives, and agendas. This versatile text distills all that, and focuses on real-world experiences, challenges, and issues that are part of international ministries. This book is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate-level students and youth ministry leaders who have a heart for missions, social awareness and spiritual empathy, and a desire to serve young people around the world.

Riccardo Chailly leads the Chor de la Generalitat Valencia and the Orchestra de la Comunitat Valencia in Davide Livermore's energetic production of Puccini's opera, recorded at the Palau De Les Arts Reina Sofia in December 2012. The soloists include Gal James, Aquiles Machado, Carmen Romeu and Massimo Cavalletti.

One of the very few contemporary operas being staged in Italy, Mosca's work incorporates Shakespearean tragedies and comedies set in the Veneto, namely 'Othello', 'Romeo and Juliet', 'The Merchant of Venice' and 'Two Gentlemen of Verona'. Shakespeare himself appears as a character in the opera, along with characters from Goldini's plays and Mozart's Despina. This recording, commissioned by the Teatro La Fenice, celebrates the 300th anniversary of Venetian playwright and librettist Carlo Goldini. Pierluigi Melega's libretto is written in English, a language which offers greater opportunity for plays on words and whose rhythmic nature better suits Mosca's music.

A premiere recording of Rossini's first opera, performed live at the Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro in 2010. Stage director Davide Livermore's production turns the original libretto, a tale of feuding kings, mistaken identities, and cruel fates, into a ghost story, with the action taking place behind the stage of an opera house where everone has left and only spirits remain. Corrado Rovaris conducts the Orchestra Sinfonica Gioachino Rossini, while the performers include María José Moreno, Victoria Zaytseva, Yijie Shi and Mirco Palazzi.

While missions used to be the territory of experts and missionary professionals, globalization has made the issues and needs of our world accessible to average Americans. Many American Christians feel overwhelmed by the scope of the brokenness in the world and conclude all they can do is go on with their lives. Others respond by giving and praying, and still others want to do more. What Can I Do shows that global mission is something we all can be part of in tangible ways. And while that might include going on a short term mission trip or providing financial support, there are many more ongoing and holistic forms of engagement. This book helps readers see that the roles they already have---business leader, scientist, teacher, student, parent, or neighbor---can provide ways to engage in global mission. Mission is what we were created to do. It includes evangelistically calling people to follow Jesus wherever we go, whatever we do. But it s more than that. This book will help us explore the way our ordinary, everyday tasks of work and life can be part of God s mission to heal a broken world."