IV WARD MOTION

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Contact: Chess Ward
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Thank you for visiting. Below you'll find a few brief samples that showcase how I bring ideas to life through words.

Gear for the Homeless: A Candle for the DarkHomelessness may be as old as time, yet society’s quiet indifference toward the shelterless has grown into a cruelty of our age—one that called Walt and Bianca Rutherford of Spring Lake, North Carolina, to action.They did not arrive here by chance. Bound by faith and shaped by sorrow, they shoulder both the spiritual call to serve the weary and the scars of devastating personal loss, having endured the passing of loved ones because basic needs—like refuge from the cold—went unmet.They began preparing for action early in their marriage, driven by a shared grief Walt often voiced: “People are dying and nobody cares.”The glaring need for more white-flag centers in their community became the spark for their ministry. As a result, Gear for the Homeless was launched in early 2025—a mission of presence for lives hanging by a thread.The Rutherfords emphasize that the greatest need is no secret: resources, whether financial or otherwise. Yet real help does not always require great expense, but a coat, a hot meal, even a kind word of encouragement—a moment of dignity that keeps hope alive for another day.This growing crisis asks more than reflection—it invites response. Join a ministry that steps in where hope is thinnest, the hour is urgent, and every life is met with dignity, compassion, and respect.Will you stand now with the Rutherfords? Because as need presses forward, so must compassion.You can find Gear for the Homeless, Spring Lake, North Carolina, on Facebook.com.

The Gift of Time
Let Your Presence Sing
A Salvation Army Spec PieceA budding author once confessed that persuading someone to buy her book was easier than convincing them to read it. How telling this is—for time, unlike coins, slips silently through our fingers.Time is a gift to be shared, not kept. Placed in the hands of causes like The Salvation Army, it becomes priceless.To volunteer is to weave community, to kindle relationships, to open doors to growth both personal and spiritual—things a check alone can never unlock.By offering your time, you witness the quiet genius of a centuries-old ministry and feel the gentle pulse of your community stirred by your generosity.Consider carefully how you might honor your gifts—those talents, strengths, and callings that are yours alone—and let them lead you to where you are needed most.The rewards may whisper at first, but their echo endures, as it did for William and Catherine Booth, founders of The Salvation Army.Choose this day to share the hours and gifts you bring. Let your presence sing.

Vivid Storytelling
Wynterstorm excerpt1 MaineJoram Wynters had the life he wanted. From the balcony of his oceanfront home, he watched the Atlantic stretch into forever—a restless expanse of blue glass swaying beneath the late summer sun. Golden light spilled across the waves, gilding their edges, bending the world into something almost sacred. What might have seemed ordinary to most was, for Joram, a culmination.A modern house.A faithful wife.Children grown and scattered—each a story unfolding somewhere beyond the horizon.Not a bad final act, he mused, a faint smile wandering the edges of his lips.The afternoon was gentle—warm air softened by a salt-tinged breeze. Such weather was no rarity along the Maine coastline, yet today carried something beneath its stillness, a whisper in his spirit that refused to be named.