Breaking the story up into parts:

• As we note from the previous posting, those of us who will be hearing, or preaching on, the Gospel of Mark this year will only be exposed to part of the story. The Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) has picked the “low hanging fruit” for reading in church on Sunday, as often happens.
• I have made a decision to teach and preach systematically through Mark so that my parishioners can get a sense of Mark’s story. It also means that this resource will at least be available for the next “Year of Mark”.
• I will comment on the text using the divisions followed by Donahue and Mahon