What is it with Church Websites?

I was doing a Google search for Lehigh Valley churches/vision/unity stuff for my "Vision for the Valley" project...and I stumbled upon yet ANOTHER patheti-blan-gusting (I couldn't find the right word to fit how I felt, so "pathetic, bland, and disgusting" unite as one super description.) church website. It was so ridiculous that it begged the question: Why do church websites almost universally suck? Why must they look so boiled down, neutral, inoffensive and boring? I get it on one level, because there are two exceptions to this rule: Money = cool website, i.e. the mega church website or Unusually Creative Church Member = cool website. The former is not fool proof, but it's nearly guaranteeing at least visual organization beyond that of a 4th grader. The latter is generally limited by resources anyway. I'm not trying to call out freelance (emphasis on the FREE, I would assume) web designers, but at the same time, do we really need to continue the legacy of "church = safe". And it's probably not their fault...some committee created some lowest common denominator ideas and it prevailed as "acceptable". But stick with me to understand what I'm saying and what I'm not. I believe the church should and NEEDS to be a place where we can freely (grace) share who we are with other keepers of the way (I love that term). We need transparency and a free environment to be real, to feel real. Otherwise we're just playing bumper cars and just ramming into the walls we've built. There is difference between "church = safe" and "church = grace". Safe gives us the idea of a castle...protection. Grace allows for freedom. Grace levels the playing field. Grace gives the shopping addict the same "hand" as the Gossip, the Luster, the lethargic, the cynic, the pharisee, etc. We don't need to be surprised by sin and shocked when people share their struggles. If we concern ourselves with a safe environment we focus on protecting our surroundings, so the biker couple who put out their cigarettes before entering the church might threaten our man made sanctuary (the environment, not the building) If we are grace focused we will see that same couple as equals and ripe for relationships. We can meet them at wherever they are. Real-ity (reality) becomes the way of life. What does that have to do with websites? You know the phrase: don't judge a book by its cover? well, I'm not convinced that applies to church websites... I'm just sayin'©