A heartfelt welcome to you as you visit Shining River, the official web site for the music of Lisa Prokopowitz.

I am a Christian singer, songwriter, and guitarist who is devoted to sharing Jesus; His love, faithfulness, and goodness through music. By the grace of God may this web site always lead you to The River, that is , the "River of the Water of Life" spoken of in
Revelations 22:1.

Shining River is a place where you will find life and sustenance, where you will be filled with Living Water, especially when all around you seems to be barren and dry.
It is my hope that this site will encourage and minister to you, and that you will come back to it again and again.

What's New?

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Listen online to Fill This Temple CD

Explore the Website

If you are new to Shining River you may want to check out the Site Map page. It gives you a brief description of each section of the web site, to help you find exactly what you are seeking. Or you can just click on the buttons to the left and explore.

Upcoming Public Appearances

Go to my "Appearances" page for a list of gigs scheduled in the coming months. Some are solo, some with groups..... My prayer is that ALL will be a special time together ... and hopefully YOU can find one that's convenient for you, and bless us with YOUR presence!

Listen to Music / Purchase CD's

Go to my Music page to find out more about how you can listen to songs and/or buy CD's. Also, be sure to check out my Myspace Page, not only to listen to more music, but to stay in touch as well....

Non-Musical Writings

If you hang around me long enough, you'll realize that I LOVE to write! Not only music, but also encouraging words to inspire others to draw near to Jesus. Check out my "Manna Blog" for brief words of encouragement, as well as my "Meditations Archive" for links to more extensive prior writings. See an overview of all these writings at my "Meditations"page.

If you would like to be informed when I post new blog entries or meditations (as well as info about upcoming events, etc.) be sure to join my E-mail List.

What's New?

As of December 23, 2011

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

Wishing you a WONDERFUL Christmas and New Year!

Here's a quick reminder that the Fill This Temple CD remains on sale through the end of the year ($10.00 plus S & H--scroll down on the Music Page for the sale price link). I'm also very happy to announce that the Fill This Temple CD will soon be available in digital format at most of your favorite music downlaod sites. If you use a particular music site, be sure to search for it in the coming weeks (it will become available as the various music stores place it into their databases.)

It is available for download at iTunes here:

Good Light, Irene

On Friday, September 9, 2011, I posted a meditation at www.shiningriver.com/meditations/light.html entitled "Good Light, Irene":

The recent Hurricane Irene that hit the tri-state area spoke clearly in various ways, "Am I ready? Am I walking in the light?"

Be Prepared

The "scout motto" has resounded in my heart since childhood, trying to heed that encouragement for much of my life: "be prepared". During the recent challenges in the northeastern US with Hurricane Irene, those words of wisdom served me better than ever before.

Living in North Jersey poses many challenges, but the list of common occurrences doesn't include earthquakes and hurricanes, and especially not within a week of each other!

We in the northeast got a little "taste" recently of what is so often in the news regarding other areas of the US, and surely a MINOR taste at that.... Enough to make my heart go out, not only to SO MANY in our area that have been devastated, but even more poignantly to those who live in the rest of the country and experience even worse catastrophes routinely! More...

You Tube Videos

What a GREAT time we had in June at the Worship in the Woods Retreat (at the YMCA camp in Stillwater,NJ) with Loving Grace Ministries! Whether or not you were able to join us, you may want to check out some Youtube videos that I discovered recently, posted by one of the attendees.... Here is one of my song "Mercy and Majesty":

Mercy and Majesty by Lisa Prokopowitz -- http://youtu.be/He2Nc0RRsfk

There are others posted from the retreat on the same Youtube channel. Here is another one that you may enjoy (in which I sing with Wayne and Debbie Monbleau from LGM):

Amazing Grace by Loving Grace Worship Team

Check out my Public Appearances page for other upcoming events....

More updates to come as time permits.... Stay tuned :) ....