As the glow of Christmas fades and everyday life resumes, this sermon invites us to ask a deeper question: not whether Christmas was meaningful, but whether it changed anything. Drawing on Jeremiah’s vision of hope after exile, we are reminded that God is still gathering, healing, and restoring a weary and divided people. In Jesus Christ, God’s kingdom has already begun—and each day we are invited to choose which kingdom we will live for. This message calls us to daily allegiance through peace, hope, joy, and love, and offers a hopeful invitation to begin—or begin again—by choosing the way of Christ in the new year.