During the sabbatical, I will practice trusting in the buoyancy of God as I spend twelve weeks learning to float physically as I take swimming lessons and learn to trust the water to hold me; metaphorically as I read poetry and essays with lessons about water; spiritually as I pray land learn to trust the buoyancy of God; geographically as I discover water in New Mexico and travel to the west coast; emotionally as I sink more deeply into my new relationship and participate in a family spiritual retreat; creatively as I make a collage of the lessons I am learning; sacramentally as I prepare a ritual to receive the gifts of holy water.