Art As Worship On Empower Radio

Karen Vuranch weaves together a love of history, a passion for stories and a sense of community. She has toured throughout the United States with her traditional storytelling and living history performances, as well as made five performance tours of Wales and England performing her play, Coal Camp Memories. In 2002, Karen participated in storytelling exchange in China. “The ancient Celtics had the sense that God is in everything and everything you do is spiritual. That's how I look at my life — spirituality is part of everything that I do. When I'm creating, I draw upon God's energy, but I also just let it come out through me.” ~Karen Vuranch Karen brings history to life with historical interpretations of women from America’s past. She recreates author Pearl Buck; labor organizer Mother Jones; Indian captive Mary Draper Ingles, Civil War soldier and spy Emma Edmonds, humanitarian Clara Barton, Renaissance pirate Grace O’Malley, Wild West Outlaw Belle Starr and, the first lady of food, Julia Child, Hollywoo