Who cares what you’re doing? Seriously. Who cares about the work you do maintaining your church website? Not long ago, I spent some devotional time …

Learning to say No is hard. But, I’ve discovered that learning to say No, even to “good things,” is a good thing. In fact, it’s …

I am SO excited to announce that Church Website Ideas has a new Facebook page! YAY! That Page has been a long time coming. I’d …

My Sponsors are absolutely heaven-sent! And I’m so grateful to them! They make Church Website Ideas possible because of their faithful, generous support. Travis Sinks …

So, do I need a website for my church? That was the key question in an e-mail I received recently from one of my newsletter …

I’m so grateful for my sponsors! Seriously. They make Church Website Ideas possible because of their faithful, generous support. And, I’m really stoked that two …

As a member of His family, God is deeply concerned that my life produces spiritual fruit (John 15:16). But, how do I walk that out …

God is so gracious! He’s given me many gifts, skills, abilities, and talents. Bookkeeping isn’t one of them. That’s why I’m SO GRATEFUL for my …

I’m so grateful for my Sponsors. They make Church Website Ideas possible because of their faithful, generous support. Unique, Christian-themed graphics, images, and media products …

Church Website Ideas is made possible because of the faithful, generous support of my AWESOME sponsors. Unique, Christian-themed graphics, images, and media products, high-quality content …

Summer in the U.S. may be drawing to a close (oh, say it ain’t so!), but my sponsors are still AWESOME! Church Website Ideas is …

Church Website Ideas is absolutely made possible because of the generous support of my sponsors. They are AWESOME! Their high quality products and services provide …

JUMPIN’ FOR JOY! I just learned that Church Website Ideas made ChurchMag’s list of Top 30 Church Tech Blogs for 2014! ChurchMag’s Top Church Tech …

My sponsors are truly Heaven sent, and I sincerely thank God for them. Church Website Ideas is absolutely made possible because of their generous support. …

I sincerely thank God for all of my sponsors! Church Website Ideas is absolutely made possible because of their generous support. Their high quality products …

So excited! Another awesome month! During April, Lightstock became a “Double Portion” Sponsor! WooHoo! “Double Portion” Sponsors provide an added blessing to Church Website Ideas, …

Another awesome month! During March, I launched the Church Website Ideas newsletter, and welcomed one new sponsor. I’m also excited, because a new sponsor I …

I really enjoy being a creative Web worker. But, sometimes, the work can be as tough as nails. On the one hand, I just love …

Super stoked this month! Three new sponsors joined me during February to support the work here at Church Website Ideas. Woohoo! I thank God for …

I thank God for my sponsors! Church Website Ideas is made possible because of their generous support. Their church website solutions offer high quality and …

Image Credit: My personal thanks to Drew Goodmanson of Monk Development for the beautiful holiday graphic. Merry Christmas from Church Website Ideas! Church Website Ideas …

I just love this image. Basically, the illustrator drew the characters “signing” (American Sign Language) the words Thank You. The image credit is at the …

I’m in the home stretch finishing up site transition tasks. YAY! I’m so ready to begin creating content. But, I just couldn’t go one more …

If you follow @jesseorndorff in the Twitter-sphere, you may have seen a tweet or two at the beginning of July this year, indicating that the …

Proverbs is a wealth of wisdom, because of this, my wife and I love to read a chapter before bed. As creative people, God has …

The Old & New Project launched last week and it is an amazing showcase of illustrations from the bible. The Old & New Project features …

I am running a test. Something that might drastically change how a user interacts with Church Website Ideas. Last night I decided to remove the …

From time to time I post random things from my life in a effort to possibly help encourage people. I want to share part of …

Life can be crazy, it can be busy, it can be hard, but if you are following what God has called you to do, you …

What are you afraid of? You’re afraid. Getting more done would mean exposing yourself to considerable risk, to crossing bridges, to putting things into the …

Creative Bible Verse is a feature that explores the bible and what the Word has to say about creativity and our relationship with God. For …

Creative Bible Verse is a feature that explores the bible and what the Word has to say about creativity and our relationship with God. and …

I often get asked, what type of blogs do I follow? As part of my effort to stay in touch while living outside of the …

Creative people have a bad reputation. We have a perception that we are unorganized messes. The problem with this idea, is that being creative takes …

Creative Bible Verse is a new feature that explores the bible and what the Word has to say about creativity and our relationship with God. …

Make your church website better. That’s the battle cry I have been trying to shout for the last few years. It’s the reason I started …

I have no words.

With the ebb and flow of life, I have to remind myself to slow down. To be intentional. To focus on what is important and …

It’s official. Adobe has bought one of my favorite startups – TypeKit. TypeKit is a service that allows you to legally embed web fonts on …

If you have have been a visitor here over the last few years, you know that I change the design randomly to appeal to my …

Drop what you are doing and check out David Fokos. He’s been my favorite photographer for years and his minimalistic photography will mess with your …

I have to make a confession. I hate Twitter. Hate is such a strong word, but Twitter is a blackhole, sucking the life out of …

What is driving your actions today? When we love something, emotion often drives our actions. This is the gift and the challenge entrepreneurs face every …

Ok. It’s been well over a month since I have posted anything. It would be an understatement to say that life has been crazy, it …

Each week we highlight cool things we found on the internet. We spend way too much time looking at blogs and archiving websites in our …

What is your tipping point? “Often times a single act of courage, is the tipping point for something extraordinary.” – Andy Stanley

I save just about every helpful web article I come across. At the end of the week, I would like to share the coolest ones …

Since launching this blog I have had the chance to meet some great people and very interesting companies. Once again I want to highlight our …

Are you trying to make a change? Will you accept the responsibility without anything else? “Change is made by people who eagerly accept responsibility without …

What are you passionate about? “When people are passionate about what they do, they are far more effective in what they do.” – T.D. Jakes

I’ll be honest, I really hate meetings. I never really knew why I hated meetings until I read Re:Work from the fine folks at 37signals. …

I ran across another social community building application for your church. The Table Project is a very interesting and free application that will allow you …

At Church Website Ideas, this blog is supported by our advertisers and we love them for supporting our mission for helping kill ugly church websites. …

Ok, I am still here and still focusing on church websites. I wanted to start off this new year by laying down my predictions for …

This was just too good. Had to share it. Source: Web Designers vs. Web Developers

I am big fan of Seth Godin. If you don’t know who Seth Godin is, you can visit his site here. Seth Godin is a …

Taking on a new design project is exciting, I love feeling God’s inspiration, working hard, and delivering a great design project.  But with each new …

I want to introduce you to Westwood Christian Assembly in Seattle, WA. Westwood is your typical mid-size church located in a urban community. Westwood has …

I love blogs. I love finding great content to read on a daily basis. Today I wanted to share a few links from my Google …

Yep, I said it. I think pastors and churches are cheap. Now, I am not saying all are, I know there are some churches that …

This week was a slow posting week for Church Website Ideas, we have been undergoing a few changes and unfortunately I didn’t have the time …

“This will change how I work!” That is what I told myself anyway. When I saw the Apple announcement for the iPad, I started to …

Make no mistake about it, some of the largest companies in the world are technology companies. Right now some of the most innovative, lifestyle changing …

Today I am doing something different. I wanted to share my heart, my passion, challenge you, and I want to pray for you. We all …

One of the most powerful words in the English language is my least favorite word: No. I am someone that likes to hear the word, …

Once again the Internet is at a turning point, with HTML 5 moving to web standards, everyone is on Facebook, and for the first time …

This is more of a rant post than anything. Being the website guy/girl at your church often you get asked to do a variety of …

I wanted to share with you 7 links I was challenged to post. I looked back at all my previous posts to share with you …

Talk to most church website compaines and they will tell you that your pastors should be blogging. That it will connect your congregation with your …

This morning I emailed Steve Jobs. My full time job is designing and developing flash ads and I wanted to make sure that I am …

I bought an iPad this weekend. I had to wait 2 hours in line. Would I wait in line for two hours to get in …

After nearly a decade of rumors Apple finally unveiled the much hyped Apple Tablet, the iPad. While this device could never live up to the mass hype that internet has built over the last decade, most people seem to be disappointed in Apple’s latest gadget. Not me. I see a tool that can help pastors and the church. After the break I outline few a reasons why this device will help you.

It has been awhile since our list real update, so now that things have calmed down over at Simple Church Marketing, we will be getting …

I love blogs! I love that all the content I want is sent to me so I can read it on my time. I enjoy …

Today we wanted to take a look through Outreach Magazines 100 Fastest Growing Churches and see what those churches were up to online. We were …

MySpace has been around for six years now, it’s not going anywhere. I still talk to churches that are not sure if they want to …