Candy Carson: Wife of GOP candidate sees God working in campaign, marriage

Candy Carson: Wife of GOP candidate sees God working in campaign, marriage

(RNS) — Candy Carson, GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson's wife of 40 years, has written "A Doctor in the House: My Life with Ben Carson," in which she relates how faith has undergirded the couple's relationship.

Born Lacena Rustin and later nicknamed "Candy" for her love of sweets, the former real estate agent talked with RNS about her faith journey as her husband ventures into U.S. politics.

Wheaton prof faces termination after ‘same God’ comment
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Wheaton prof faces termination after ‘same God’ comment

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(RNS) — A Christian professor who wrote on Facebook that Christians and Muslims "worship the same God" may be losing her tenured post at Wheaton College, the Illinois school known as the "evangelical Harvard."

The college has begun an "employment action" that could cost Larycia Hawkins her job as history professor at the school where she has taught since 2007, a college spokesperson toldChristianity Today.

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