Who are you?

If you're not too busy working out your wedding seating plan you might just be spending some time glued to the TV watching CSI Crime Scene Investigation. You'll be in good company - the whole of my family, including the 4 dogs, pile onto the couch for this superb and highly addictive viewing. In the same way that church bells are designed to alert people and call them to worship - The CSI theme tune is the magnet that draws us in and (as we never draw up a seating plan) the last ones in get the hard pew (the floor) where there is a lot more canine competition for the popcorn.

The theme tune is an old song by The Who, called "Who are you?". That's a very good question to ask someone you are about to marry...

It's a theme I've been pondering for quite some time. About a year ago, as part of our work, my colleague and I took a series of personality profiles. We now know, in the cause of research, that we are are an Otter and a Lion; A sanguine and a choleric (which I thought sounded like mediaeval diseases);and a Fire and a Wind. We were so taken by the last profiling tool, based on the four elements, that we are now offering this online along with a comparison chart that helps couples work out how best to pull together in their relationship. If you are interested you can explore this further at www.in-your-element.co.uk

"Who are you?" was a question many people levelled at Jesus. He was an amazingly complex character. Who else could be described as the Lion and the Lamb; meekness and majesty; both man and God? The answer is no-one of course - and when you look at the way Jesus operated he'd have definately flummoxed any of the personality profiles available now. He wasn't simply Earth, Wind, Fire or Water or even a combination - he was there when they were created! He could also control the elements so consulting him had a bit more clout than the meteorological office if you wanted a sunny wedding day.

If you were organising your wedding seating plan in the days when Jesus was around in person, deciding who to sit him next to would be a bit of a dilemma. As he was rarely off duty he'd be healing all your sick relatives and engaging in intriguing religious debates with your in-laws (try telling HIM that it's a social no-no to talk about God in polite society). And he'd be the one guest who didn't mind the children clambering on his knee and crumpling his outfit.

His grace and blessing at the meal would blow your socks off and last, but certainly not least, your wine stocks would be guaranteed for quality as well as quantity.

After writing all that I'm almost tempted to invite him round to watch CSI with us (he never gatecrashes but waits for an invitation). Trouble is he might be a plot spoiler. He's bound to know Who Dun It isn't he?