JBM Excursions

Discover the tales, trials, and talents of Renaissance Festival performers, artisans, merchants, staff, and diehard attendees as we journey by way of lighthearted and even, at times, heartwarming conversations about the Renaissance Festival world.

Coffee Talk with King Francois I exists to bring about the preservation of their stories for future generations. The podcast and platform exist for you.

Through creative and meaningful devotionals, imagery, and music, the Journey Begun in Scripture podcast provides a means for on-the-go listening to and spending time in God’s Word, bringing hope to the world, and transforming and enriching daily and life journeys of all people. The podcast and platform exist for you.

Journey Begun Music is the primary publishing site for Theodore Jander’s original works. The mission is to bring hope to the world through Theodore’s sacred and secular music by creating a reliable catalog of freshly written and accessible music. Journey Begun Music offers select titles for online purchase through PayPal™. The music published by Journey Begun touches upon multiple moods and emotions, creating a unique and transformative experience for performers and audiences alike.

Though the crafting of musical excursions had occupied Theodore’s creative outlet over the past twenty-five years, penning poetry, ponderings, and puns has been lifelong. That said, the past few years brought a resurgence in his output of words to paper as well as on digital media.

After experiencing a life-changing event in autumn of 2019, new meaning permeated Theodore’s creative output, sparking a mission, to bring hope to the world. Out of this pursuit, A Journey Begun Through Poetry and Inspirational Thoughts was born.

We are bombarded by noise and negativity, which compound the challenges we may already face. This collection of original ponderings and poems, spanning three decades, was created for you so that some light may shine on your journey, too.

Here are a few of Theodore’s original-content-video YouTube playlists.

Check out this playlist to view content created based on elements from Journey Begun in Scripture:
Journey Begun Media YouTube Playlist

This playlist contains videos of music Theodore composed. Some of the videos are live performances while others are ones he created:
Journey Begun in Music YouTube Playlist

In this playlist, you will encounter videos produced based on content from Theodore’s book:
Journey Begun in Inspiration Thoughts and Poetry YouTube Playlist

“After listening to your music, I have found much of it fascinating.” -Judy

“I love that you’re gathering and sharing the stories of Faire on your podcast. I’m a huge proponent of
the storytelling version of historical preservation. My favorite times as a kid were when
Mom and Dad would tell us stories about when they were young.” -Amy Johanna