Kathie Lee Gifford Bids Tearful Goodbye to the 'Today' Show - CBN News Emily Jones

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Kathie Lee Gifford Bids Tearful Goodbye to the 'Today' Show 

CBN News Emily Jones 12-11-2018

Television icon Kathie Lee Gifford is leaving NBC's Today Show after more than a decade on air. 

NBC News chief Noah Oppenheim announced the news Tuesday morning in a staff memo obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. 

"Kathie Lee is generously staying with us through the show's next anniversary, April 7, 2019. We will have much more to share before then about our plans for that hour, which will, of course, continue to include Hoda," said Oppenheim.

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Gifford released her own statement saying how much she loves the people she works with, especially her co-host Hoda Kotb. 

"In 2008, I joined the Today show family intending to spend one year," Gifford said. "But something unexpected happened along the way: I fell in love with a beautiful, talented, extraordinary Egyptian goddess named Hoda, and an amazing group of individuals who work tirelessly and joyfully at their jobs, many of them starting at midnight, creating an unprecedented four hours of live television."

"I stayed year after year making a million memories with people I will never forget," she continued. "I leave Today with a grateful heart but I'm truly excited for this new creative season in my life. Many thanks to all the wonderful people who made the years fly by."

Gifford and Kotb also announced the news on Tuesday morning's show. 

"The minute you stepped into my life with both feet, everything changed," Kotb said while she fought back tears. "You chose me and that's how it started... Everything good that's happened in my life has happened since you came."

Gifford said she thanks God for their friendship. 

"I'm grateful to God for you. Grateful to God for you. God's used you in my life every bit as much as he's used me in yours. That's the way it goes," she said. 

The veteran television host has been outspoken about her Christian faith. In fact, she says it's more than a religion, but a dedicated relationship with Jesus. 

"He's a personal God. He's not this entity throwing thunderbolts at us. He wants to be invited into our lives," Gifford said during an interview with The Billy Hallowell Podcast. "He wants to be welcomed into our hearts. He will transform us and love us beyond our wildest dreams."

Gifford has written several faith-based books, including a children's book called "The Gift That I Can Give" and her most recent book about Israel called "The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi."

She's also occasionally performed worship songs on the Today show. Last year she sang her holiday hit called "Jesus is His Name."

While some wonder why Gifford is so bold in her faith, she says it's because she's found the cure to life's problems. 

"I feel like I have the cure for the malignancy of the soul and he has a name — and it's Jesus and I have to share when I'm given a chance," she told Hallowell. "Because I don't want people to not know the freedom they can have in Him." 

When asked if she'll ever remarry following the sudden death of her husband several years ago, Gifford stressed the importance of finding someone who loves Jesus as she does. 

"I said, 'My faith isn't something I do on Sunday mornings for an hour. My faith is me, and I'm not going to share my life with somebody or even another hour of my life on a date with you if you don't share the same passion for your faith as I do.'" she told Access Live.

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Kathie Lee Gifford & Friends Team Up for Re-Imagined Take on the 'Miracle' of David & Goliath - CBN News Efrem Graham

Kathie Lee Gifford & Friends Team Up for Re-Imagined Take on the 'Miracle' of David & Goliath

12-18-2017

CBN News Efrem Graham

NEW YORK— Kathie Lee Gifford is an Emmy-Winning co-host of NBC's Today Show. But she's enjoyed a more than 40-year career as a host, actress, playwright, author, singer and songwriter. 

She also has a rich history with CBN. When I sat down to talk with her recently, I brought something to show her – a clip of Kathie Lee singing on The 700 Club, circa 1976. 

"Boy, I used to be able to sing!" she quipped. 

Kathie Lee is making new memories, and new music. Her latest project is called "The Little Giant." It's a musical telling of the story of David and Goliath.

With a Little Help From Her Friends

She enlisted a few familiar friends to help tell it – including her old friend and co-host of ABC's "Regis and Kathie Lee," Regis Philbin.

In the production, Kathie Lee plays the voice of the narrator, "Sheeba the Sheep." I asked her what inspired her to do this musical rendition of this familiar Old Testament Bible story

The Real Miracle of the David & Goliath Story

"This was a very fun project," she said. "When I was in Israel in 2012 with my {late} husband, we went to the Valley of Elah, which is where David historically battled Goliath. And it was Frank's favorite place. He had never been to Israel before. We had a brilliant teaching by Ray Vander Laan about the fact that everybody thinks they know the miracle of David and Goliath is that a little shepherd boy could kill a giant. But the Bible tells us that David had already killed lions and bears. That is what shepherds do. They've been trained for it all of their lives. Also David talks about it in the Psalms how he is 'fearfully and wonderfully made in his mother's womb.'"

"The Little Giant" is a passion project Kathie Lee wants to see performed and shared in churches and synagogues everywhere for adults and children to enjoy – and, she says, to help children to learn their purpose in life.

"We are asking our children the wrong question, from the minute they are born," she said. "We always ask our kids, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' The much better question I think is to ask them is what has God already prepared you to do in your life for the Kingdom of God?"

What is Your Stone?

"And so, we realize by this teaching that David was doing everything that God had already prepared him to do," she continued. "He was the one willing to go down and pick up five stones in the brook of Elah and throw it at the giant. Everyone else in the Israelite army, including King Saul, cowering in fear on top of the Israelite ridge. The miracle of the story of David and Goliath is that David had a relationship with the living God. The others had religion," she said.

"So, I wrote a song with my friend David Pomerantz about David and Goliath called 'What Is Your Stone?' And it goes, 'what is your stone, where will you throw it? What is your gift, how will you know it? What is the one thing that you can do, that no one else can do but you, what is, what is your stone?'"

Kathie Lee's Stone

I asked Kathie Lee when she recognized what her own stone was. 

"I knew it as soon as I could think. I came out of my mother's womb with a pratfall, Ta-daaaa!", she joked. "I've been a performer my entire life. All my life and probably be performing and writing on the day I die. I want to and I want to be learning something new on that day, too."

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Kathie Lee Gifford Unashamedly Preaches the Gospel as NBC Deals With Disaster - JESSILYN JUSTICE CHARISMA NEWS

Hoda Kotb with Kathie Lee Gifford (NBC)

Kathie Lee Gifford Unashamedly Preaches the Gospel as NBC Deals With Disaster

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Kathie Lee Gifford took her audience to church after her colleague Matt Lauer was fired from NBC due to sexual misconduct allegations.

"I don't feel that Matt has betrayed us in any way at all, but when I found out that my husband had betrayed me, you question your own judgment," Gifford said on Wednesday's episode of Kathie Lee and Hoda. "You say, 'Was everything a lie?' And I think we have to fight against that, very much fight against that. That the man we know and adored was the man we loved and adored and continue to. I texted [Lauer] this morning and I said, 'I adore you.'"

Gifford's husband, Frank, had an affair during the 1990s, but the couple reconciled and rebuilt their relationship on the Lord.

"No person is perfect in this world," she said. "Nobody is. We've all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, is what Scripture says. And what we need now is forgiveness, and we need mercy for one another. We don't need taunts, and we don't need ugliness. We have enough of that in the world. I send out my love right now to the person, whoever it is, that came forward. May God heal that person. I send it to Matt, and his children and his wife—may God bless that family and heal. I'm sorry, Hoda, but in my long life, the only thing I've ever been sure of is that only God can heal it. And there's no bad time to reach out for his help."

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Gifford continued to point her audience members toward Christ in the wake of headlines announcing prominent men's indiscretions.

"This is a good way to think of it, too," she added. "There was a man—a wonderful, wonderful man who was an adviser to me and Frank through our lifetime—and I had my eyes just on me for a long time, and I was upset and hurt, which you would normally be, like I'm sure Matt's family is. And he said, 'Kathie, if you can't forgive your husband,'—and this is important, you guys—'forgive your children's father.' Same person. Same person, but that's the one you love. That's the one you believe in. We are all so broken. We need somebody to put us back together. And it's possible, it's so possible. I'm living proof of it. Didn't mean to go to church, but that's where we needed to go today."

Jessilyn Justice @jessilynjustice is the director of online news for Charisma.

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Joel C. Rosenberg: The TODAY Show urges viewers to pre-order, “WITHOUT WARNING” - my next thriller.

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The TODAY Show urges viewers to pre-order, “WITHOUT WARNING.” (My next thriller, about catastrophic terror attacks inside the US & the hunt for the head of ISIS, will be published on 3/14.) by joelcrosenberg Thank you so much to my dear friend, Kathie Lee Gifford, for recommending my forthcoming novel, WITHOUT WARNING, to all of her viewers on the TODAY Show. In a segment she did this week with her co-host, Hoda Kotb, called "Favorite Things," Kathie urged viewers to pre-order the thriller before its March 14th release date. "My [favorite thing] is an amazing book -- it's the third in a trilogy -- by my friend, Joel Rosenberg," Kathie said on the air. "This one is called, Without Warning. Available in March. Preorder -- $26.99 -- on Amazon.com. He understands the Middle East and everything that's going on like nobody's business, and he writes great thrillers that sometimes end up coming true." Several weeks ago -- after reading an advance copy of the novel -- Kathie invited me, my literary agent and my son, Jacob, out to her home in Connecticut for a lovely lunch. We had a wonderful afternoon together, discussing the book, and the others in the series, and talking about future projects. Kathie, who is an Evangelical Christian from a Jewish background (her maiden name was Kathie Epstein), is a huge supporter of the State of Israel. She loves the Scriptures and the Jewish people and does so much to promote Jewish-Christian relations and tourism to Israel. She has read every novel I have ever written and we finally met last year when The First Hostage was published. Lynn and I also had a fun dinner with her, her kids, and some mutual friends in Jerusalem earlier this year. We're so grateful for her support and encouragement. Thank you, Kathie! —————- You can now pre-order my next novel — Without Warning — which will release on March 14, 2017. Click here for details. Order The First Hostage today — the new political thriller about genocidal ISIS leaders plotting a terrorist attacks against Israel, Jordan and the United States — available in paperback, hardcover, e-book and audio formats. Order THE THIRD TARGET today , the first in this new series — now out in paperback — the New York Times best-selling novel about ISIS capturing chemical weapons in Syria and plotting genocidal attacks on the U.S. and our Mideast allies. ———————-—- Would you like to make a secure, tax deductible, year-end investment in The Joshua Fund (www.joshuafund.net), our non-profit organization to help Christians care for Syrian refugees, educate and mobilize Christians to bless Israel and her neighbors in the name of Jesus, care for the poor and needy in Israel (both Jews and Arabs) with food and other humanitarian relief, care for Holocaust survivors, and strengthen the Church in the epicenter? Please click here. Thanks so much! Click here to read the 2016 Joshua Fund Donor Report — and watch the short videos, as well Subscribe (free) to the RSS feed (click here) and receive every new posting on this blog directly via email. Follow on Twitter — @joelcrosenberg joelcrosenberg | December 28, 2016 at 5:39 pm | Categories: Epicenter | URL: http://wp.me/piWZ7-6pW

WATCH: Holy Spirit Falls on 'TODAY' Show as Hillsong Performs 'Oceans' - JESSILYN JUSTICE CHARISMA NEWS

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When members of Hillsong United asked the Spirit to lead them to where their trust was without borders, it's doubtful they expected to perform live on the TODAY show for Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb.  

Lead vocalist Taya Smith led the worship band in one of today's most popular praise anthems as the hosts looked on with tear-filled eyes.  

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Kathie Lee Gifford Inspires at Jerusalem Banquet - STEPHEN JENKS CHARISMA NEWS

Kathie Lee Gifford Inspires at Jerusalem Banquet

 6/9/2016 STEPHEN JENKS  charisma news

Eagles' Wings held its 10th annual Jerusalem Banquet at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park on June 2, 2016. The room was packed to capacity with dignitaries, celebrities, business leaders and religious leaders from both the Jewish and Christian community.

The high-energy evening included an address from Consul General of Israel in New York, Ido Aharoni. Prominent leaders of the evening included Jon Loew, Bishop David Thomas, Dr. Charlotte Frank, Irwin Hochberg, Pastor Juan Rivera and Kathie Lee Gifford.

Culminating the gathering, Aharoni presented Gifford the Ha Tikvah Award in honor of her strong support for Israel. Mrs. Gifford, an author, recording artist and Emmy-award-winning television host of the Today Show, recently traveled to Israel and did a series of segments helping her audience see the beauty of Israel and its people.

"We read in Genesis that the Spirit of God, which is translated in Hebrew as shalom, hovered over chaos before creation," Gifford said. "Each of us has the opportunity to bring shalom to the chaos of our world. Thank you Rev. Stearns for this honor and the great work you are doing to bring shalom."

Event chair Rev. Robert Stearns spoke to the crowd, enthusiastically sharing, "Tonight we are standing together as Jews and Christians united in our love and support for Israel and the Jewish people. Tonight in this room, we can change history."

The event centered on celebrating the legacy of amazing leaders in the Jewish and Christian communities, and equipping the next generation to be strong voices in support of Israel and the Jewish people. Dr. Charlotte Frank, vice president of McGraw Hill Education and chair of the Executive Committee of America-Israel Friendship League, was honored for her life of impact in education, advocacy and strengthening ties between Israel and America. Thomas, senior leader of the 5,000-member Victory Christian Center, whose ministry has touched many tens of thousands around the world, was honored for his years of faithful leadership and his steadfast support for Israel. 

One of the highlights of the evening was hearing passionate speeches from young Israel Experience Scholars. The Israel Experience which has been dubbed the "Christian Birthright" trains the best and brightest Christian college and university students to be informed ambassadors for Israel in the midst of a rising tide of anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiment on university campuses. 

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Joel Rosenberg - #TheFirstHostage hits #13 on Publishers Weekly bestseller list. Today Show says it’s “fantastic.”

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#TheFirstHostage hits #13 on Publishers Weekly bestseller list. Today Show says it’s “fantastic” and “just so prescient.” by joelcrosenberg (Washington, D.C.) -- We just got the news that The First Hostage has hit #13 on the Publishers Weekly hardcover fiction best-seller list. Given that we're up against the biggest novel writers of our time -- John Grisham, Stephen King, James Patterson, Nicholas Sparks, David Baldacci, Mitch Albom, Harper Lee, Dean Koontz, Janet Evanovich, and more -- I'm amazed we made the list at all! Thank you so much to all of my readers who've been so enthusiastic and supportive of this new one. Thanks, too, for all the word-of-mouth you've been doing, writing about and reviewing The First Hostage on Facebook, Twitter and all kinds of other social media. I couldn't be more grateful. and please keep it up! Also, in case you missed it, here's the video of my appearance on the Today Showon Friday morning with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb. It's brief, but I was so encouraged by how enthusiastic Kathie Lee was about The First Hostage and my ten other novels. She's read them all and wanted to introduce me to her audience. She and Hoda have been so kind -- love those two. Watch by clicking here -- or read the transcript: GIFFORD: Before we go, I want to introduce you to my friend, Joel C. Rosenberg. He's a New York Times best-selling author who has written a new book called, The First Hostage, the second in a series that is just so prescient. It's unbelievable! KOTB: You've been raving about his books, by the way, Kath. GIFFORD: I've read every one -- how many have you written? -- because I've read them all. ROSENBERG: This is the eleventh. GIFFORD: This is the eleventh, yeah. He sends them to me in galley form before they're out now because I want to know -- I can't wait. ROSENBERG: I didn't know until the last book that you even liked them, I didn't know. So -- or that you even read them. GIFFORD: I do. I read them and I love them because they're geopolitical, historical -- well, they're happening now kinda thing -- they're scenarios that could happen. ROSENBERG: They could happen -- ISIS captures chemical weapons, tries to assassinate or capture the President of the United States. These are the kind of things you do not want to happen, but they make for good fiction. KOTB: Well, you're very first one [The Last Jihad] was a best-seller, and they've all been since. GIFFORD: They've all been. KOTB: And I have a feeling this one will be, too. ROSENBERG: They have all been best-sellers, and that's crazy, right? GIFFORD: For our Joel! Thank you for coming by and being with us. KOTB: Thank you, Joel! GIFFORD: Fantastic book! ————– Order The First Hostage today — it’s now available in hardcover, e-book and audio formats. Read the first chapter of The First Hostage right now The first reviews of #TheFirstHostage are in: “one of the final must-read novels of 2015,” “impeccably crafted,” “I simply could not stop reading” ——————- Subscribe (free) to the RSS feed (click here) and receive every new posting on this blog directly via email. Order THE THIRD TARGET today , the first in this new series — now out in paperback — the New York Times best-selling novel about ISIS capturing chemical weapons in Syria and plotting genocidal attacks. Make an investment in The Joshua Fund (www.joshuafund.net), our non-profit organization to help Christians care for Syrian refugees, educate and mobilize Christians to bless Israel and her neighbors in the name of Jesus, care for the poor and needy in Israel (both Jews and Arabs) with food and other humanitarian relief, care for Holocaust survivors, and strengthen the Church in the epicenter. Read our latest Donor Report, and make a tax deductible, secure, on-line contribution before the end of the year. Follow on Twitter — @joelcrosenberg joelcrosenberg | January 9, 2016 at 1:09 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL:http://wp.me/piWZ7-3Nx

Joel C. Rosenberg's Blog #TheFirstHostage will be featured on the TODAY Show on Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, thanks to Kathie Lee Gifford.

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#TheFirstHostage will be featured on the TODAY Show on Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, thanks to Kathie Lee Gifford. Here’s how that came about. (Also: novel hits #21 on USA Today bestseller list.) by joelcrosenberg (New York, New York) -- One of the fun parts of being a novelist is meeting all kinds of different people all over the country and all over the world who read your books. Most of the people I meet at speeches, conferences and book signings are not famous, of course. They're salt-of-the-earth folks who just love great stories, and I love them for it! Every now and then, I have the opportunity to meet government leaders and generals and intelligence experts and the like who are drawn not just to thrillers but those with realistic geopolitical scenarios. And I always enjoy such meetings. But today was different. Very different. It turns out that Kathie Lee Gifford, the long-time co-host of the Regis & Kathie Lee show, and now one of the co-hosts of the TODAY Show, is a fan of my novels. She reached out to me last year and we've corresponded by email. She also had me on her podcast last year for The Third Target release, so we had spoken by phone. But we'd never met in person. Recently, however, she read an advance copy of The First Hostage and loved it. Next thing I know, she sent me a note inviting me to come to by the NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center to tape a segment with her and her partner-in-crime on the show, Hoda Kotb, plugging the book. I'd never been on the TODAY Show, and I was so honored that she asked, and I immediately said yes. So late Wednesday night, I boarded a flight in Tel Aviv, Israel, flew twelve hours, landed in Newark around 4 o'clock this morning, and checked into a hotel in Manhattan to shower, shave and change. Then I headed over to NBC and we pre-taped the segment. It will air on Friday, January 8th, and I hope you'll tune in, if you have a moment. The segment itself isn't long, but I have to say in all honesty that this was the most fun book events I've ever done (and we've done some really wonderful ones over the years). Both Kathie Lee and Hoda were lovely, warm, gracious, and hilarious. I felt like I'd known them for years, and we had a great time together. Hoda gave me a big hug the moment we met, saying that Kathie Lee is always raving about my books. That was certainly fun to hear, but it was also fun that Hoda just released her own book this week -- Where We Belong: Journeys That Show Us The Way -- so we signed and swapped copies for each other. Then Kathie and her brother, Dave -- a wonderful Evangelical Christian pastor in Manhattan whom I've known for several years (and have had the honor of preaching to his congregation several times) -- went out to amazing restaurant (Neary's, on East 57th Street) for a thoroughly scrumptious lunch of lamp chops, creamy mashed potatoes, spinach, corn, and wine from Kathie Lee's private label. Wow -- incredible! Really. I have a new favorite restaurant in New York. Now, all that would have been wonderful enough. But Kathie Lee, also a devout Evangelical, invited a dear Christian friend of hers to join us, a truly fascinating guy, Chris Clarke, who is a marketing genius from Australia and also produces movies. At the moment, Chris is developing and co-producing a major motion picture for Warner Brothers about the life and ministry of the Apostle Paul  The film will star Hugh Jackman as Saul of Tarsus, the Rabbi and Pharisee who is trying to destroy the early Church but suddenly as a vision of Christ on the road to Damascus and  becomes a follower of Christ and one of the greatest evangelists, church planters, and apostles of all time. Also signed on for key roles in the film are Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. So, as you might imagine, that was a conversation right up my alley. Chris was also interested in my novels and how I got into writing and why I chose to write this particular series about ISIS. I gave him a copy of The First Hostage (which we've just learned has hit #21 on the USA Today best-seller list), and, unfortunately, we all had to go our separate ways. It was a conversation I didn't want to end. It was a very fun day -- a great way to kick off a new book tour -- and I just want to say a special word of gratitude to Kathie Lee for her personal kindness and her enthusiasm about my writing and my faith. Five months ago, she lost her beloved husband, Frank, who passed away very suddenly on a Sunday morning, just before they went to church. So this hasn't exactly been an easy season for her. But Frank loved Christ and is in heaven. She's comforted by this truth, and she has a true joy within her that I found very encouraging. Please keep her and her entire family in your prayers. I certainly will, and I look forward to seeing them again soon. That's all for now. It's nearly 9pm here in the Big Apple, which nearly 4am in Israel, so jet lag is killing me right now.  But I wanted to give you a snap shot of Day One of the book tour. Tomorrow, in addition to being on the TODAY Show, I'm doing a series of other interviews, including with Stuart Varney on the Fox Business Channel. Please follow me on Twitter for updates. Thanks, God bless you, and good night! ————– Order The First Hostage today — it’s now available in hardcover, e-book and audio formats. Read the first chapter of The First Hostage right now The first reviews of #TheFirstHostage are in: “one of the final must-read novels of 2015,” “impeccably crafted,” “I simply could not stop reading” ——————- Subscribe (free) to the RSS feed (click here) and receive every new posting on this blog directly via email. Order THE THIRD TARGET today , the first in this new series — now out in paperback — the New York Times best-selling novel about ISIS capturing chemical weapons in Syria and plotting genocidal attacks. Make an investment in The Joshua Fund (www.joshuafund.net), our non-profit organization to help Christians care for Syrian refugees, educate and mobilize Christians to bless Israel and her neighbors in the name of Jesus, care for the poor and needy in Israel (both Jews and Arabs) with food and other humanitarian relief, care for Holocaust survivors, and strengthen the Church in the epicenter. Read our latest Donor Report, and make a tax deductible, secure, on-line contribution before the end of the year. Follow on Twitter — @joelcrosenberg joelcrosenberg | January 8, 2016 at 1:57 am | Categories: Uncategorized | URL:http://wp.me/piWZ7-3KZ