{"id":12655,"date":"2019-10-31T17:38:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T21:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mentordiscoverinspire.org\/2019\/10\/31\/to-our-readers-and-contributors-to-those-who-communicate\/"},"modified":"2021-04-25T09:48:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T13:48:30","slug":"to-our-readers-and-contributors-to-those-who-communicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mentordiscoverinspire.org\/to-our-readers-and-contributors-to-those-who-communicate\/","title":{"rendered":"To Our Readers and Contributors; To Those Who Communicate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Jim Ellis<\/strong> \nLegacy Magazine Editor<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
To those who communicate … thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To those who contribute to this magazine – in the form of columnists, guest writers, proofreaders – thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To those readers of this magazine – who take the time to pick up this online monthly and peruse it, given the myriad of choices out there – I say to you directly “thank you.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Communication is the name of the game within any sort of relationship … be that a wide receiver and a quarterback making their play, be that two spouses planning out the pick up and delivery in a child’s day, be that business owners directing a staff, and be that in a men’s periodical that carries the needed expression – both given and received. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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It’s not easy putting a magazine together each month, with a dedicated theme and writers who contribute merely because they care about the men and want to share something that will serve others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thankfully, the loyal have been there consistently – Craig Jones, Dan Kempner, Dylan Stewart, Jeff Kidman, Eric Louie, Fred Boyles, David Plante, among others. At the same time, we have lost a number of contributors due to their departure from the MDI organization, a quite messy experience that turned men completely against the idea of continuing. Perhaps rightly so. But definitely sadly so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then there was our most dedicated staff member. Our dear Doug Ernst from the Western Region. Present from day one of the magazine, when it was a quarterly newsletter, this man held a selfless dedication and talent (he was a professional copywriter), which was a gift to us all. With never a complaint and with only a desire to serve, he would show up with ideas of his own, so deeply wanting to positively impact our global audience of men. Among many articles over the years, he wrote about the fires that consumed northern California, the Playboy article about MDI, the power of intention, the importance of fatherhood, and the need to care for our broken children. In 2018, we not only lost a great writer, but also a great man. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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An Ode to Doug Ernst (1954 – 2018)<\/a><\/blockquote>