A Penny for Your Thoughts

A PENNY
FOR YOUR
THOUGHTS
MINDY STARNS
CLARK

HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
All Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to events or locales, is entirely coincidental.
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A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS
Copyright © 2002 by Mindy Starns Clark
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
ISBN 978-0-7369-2956-1
The Library of Congress has cataloged the edition as follows:
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Clark, Mindy Starns.
A penny for your thoughts / Mindy Starns Clark.
p. cm. —(The million dollar mysteries; 1)
ISBN 978-0-7369-0992-1
1. Woman lawyers—Fiction. 2. Nonprofit organizations—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3603.L366 P46 2002
813'.54—dc21
2002005633
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For John, my husband and best friend. Thank you for sharing the dream, every single step of the way.

Acknowledgments
“Thank you” seems inadequate, but I have to try. So, thank you!!!
…to my husband, John Clark, J.D., C.P.A, for helping with every part of this work—from the original concept to advising me on legal and financial matters in the nonprofit world to editing with the skill of a master. This book literally wouldn’t exist without you!
…to my editor, Kim Moore of Harvest House Publishers, for opening the door and pulling me through into the amazing world of Christian publishing; and to my agent, Frank Weimann, for making the connection.
…to my father, Robert M. Starns, M.D., for medical information, clarification, and imagination.
…to my mother, Jackie Starns, for extensive proofreading (and cheerleading!).
…to my dear friend and research assistant, Shari Weber.
…to the best group of readers in the world: Alice Clark, Jennifer Clark, Mary Davison, Lucille Dickerson, Kim Farr, Kay Justus, Arline King, Shirley Morris, Dolores Perla, Suzanne Scannell, and Roberta Sullivan.
…to all who filled in the gaps of my knowledge: David Clark, Joyce Hammel, Eileen Hosgood, Mark Lampton, Sal Mannino, David Starns, Joey Starns, and so many others that I could fill this book with your names. You know who you are: Thank you!