Global Politics - rob shearer

rob on the un-tied methodism podcast

October 31, 2025

colonialism, Global Politics, Interview, Methodism, Revival, The United Church of Canada

This week, I had the great joy of being interviewed by Dr. Ashley Boggan of the United Methodist Church’s General Commission for Archives and History for the Un-tied Methodism podcast which explores the roots of global Methodism – and how it shapes our Methodist witness today. Our conversation touched on me being an “Anglican leaning…

a new society in the shell of the old: applying a hopeful read of the two-loops model to the ‘polycrisis’ of these times.

October 30, 2025

Global Politics

I drafted this back in November 2024, when I was in the midst of my own anxiety about the state of the world – which has only become that much worse since then. Let’s just admit it, can’t we? The world is in state of immense social and political change. When I first wrote those…

snapshots in direct action: a life in non-violent activism

September 15, 2025

Global Politics, Housing, Radical Discipleship

“It’s called direct action – and it comes to us highly recommended.” – Utah Phillips and Ani DiFranco – Direct Action. I‘ve been reflecting a bit on the direct actions for social and ecological justice that I’ve been a part of over the years that have shaped me as a human being. Here are some…

Category: Global Politics

rob on the un-tied methodism podcast

a new society in the shell of the old: applying a hopeful read of the two-loops model to the ‘polycrisis’ of these times.

snapshots in direct action: a life in non-violent activism