In considering a response to Easter and the impact it has on our world, Thomas Merton reminds us not to simply make the response an inward one.

"Under the pretext that what is "within" is in fact real, spiritual, supernatural, etc., one cultivates neglect and contempt for the "external" as worldly, sensual, material, and opposed to grace. This is bad theology and bad asceticism. In fact, it is bad in every respect because instead of accepting reality as it is, we reject it in order to explore some perfect realm of abstract ideals which in fact has no reality at all." - From Contemplative Prayer by Thomas Merton

This is the danger of regularly attending multiple Bible studies without putting that faith into practice. What did James tell us? "What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? ... Faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead."