On Tuesdays, Juniper and/or Fae will pick a great blog post from our friends and write a paragraph about it. We’ll  include a link to their post in our paragraph. We’re going to invite you to do the same – find a post that you’ve found that moves you (and it doesn’t have to be from today, it can be an older post) and share it here. We’ll have a centralized list of of recommended posts here, and a button that can link us together. The group can grow and grow, we don’t have to limit the amount of recommended posts…but it would be a way for us to find incredible things to read, and remarkable people to meet, recommended by our peers, without having to surf for hours. The goal is all about sharing interesting posts, and interesting people. It doesn’t have to be limited to ANY topic, religion or ideology. We can’t wait to read what you find!

Here’s Fae’s pick this week:

I’ve noticed that the struggle for religious freedom has become a theme in my life. You’d never know it if you read our blog:) Years ago, I saw an HBO special called “Paradise Lost”, a documentary about three 8-year-old boys who were brutally murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas.  I subsequently read the book “Devils Knot”, by Mara Leveritt, a more in-depth look into the case. I’ve blogged about the case intermittently for the last two years.

The “West Memphis Three” are men who have been incarcerated for these multiple murders. The prosecutors presented no credible physical evidence that these men – who were only boys at the time – were involved in this crime. They were convicted because they were young and rebellious, on the grounds that they were Satan worshipers, which was not correct. Damien Echols, one of the three, is sitting on death row for these crimes.

As I sat down to write this, little did I know that new interest has piqued in the last week. Johnny Depp has picked up the torch, and shows like 48 Hours are running the story. Many influential people such as Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam and Natalie Maines from The Dixie Chicks have tried to keep the spotlight on this case over the years, and I’m so glad that Depp is joining the fight.  If religious tolerance is of interest to you, I strongly suggest that you read about these innocent men. If you’re familiar with the case, or you’d like more in-depth videos and interviews, their blog is located here.

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So here’s what you do…if you’d like to read more,  click through to The “Free the West Memphis Three” site. If you’d like to leave comments for them, feel free!

If you have a friend whose post you want to share, here’s how you do it…(look at my post as an example if you have any questions…it’s easier than it looks:)

1. Write a paragraph or two about your friend’s post  in your blog. Include link to the post you’re writing about so your friends can click through to it and read it themselves.

2. Name your post “TurnAround Tuesday – [and then the name of your friend's blog]“.  Look at the name of my post today for an example.

3. Copy and paste the code below at the bottom of the post you’ve just written. This code will put a button on the bottom of your post so the readers can join Turnaround Tuesday if they wish. Then publish your post!

4. After posting, come back here and fill out the Widget below the button with the following information:

Link Title: Title of your friends’ post (the post title, not the blog name).

Email Address: YOUR email address (it won’t show on the page, don’t worry).

Link URL:  Copy and paste the  link into your Turn-Around Tuesday post, not your main website.

5. Hit the ‘Submit Link’ button.

That’s it!