The first Passover Seder was last weekend and people figured out all sorts of ways to safely gather and carry on traditions.

We do get another glass of wine. On all the nights we all kinds of bread and crackers. Why do we only matsu on Paisak?

Whether it's a Seder, outdoor with masks on, we're gathering with family members who've been vaccinated. It has been remarkable to see how people have embraced change and even discovered new ways to practice their faith during this time.

With Easter, this weekend in Ramadan, not far after that, I thought we would revisit a story about faith. Back in November, we spoke to a pastor who's forging connections in the most trying moments of this pandemic and also figuring out ways to carry on religious rituals even as the virus spreads through his community.

I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent and this is coronavirus, fact versus fiction.

I'm David Michael Seely, S-E-A-L-Y, I pastor Sharon Beddisturche in downtown Sharon South Carolina.

Population of about 600 people.

The Reverend Seely is 72 years old and full disclosure. Aside from being a pastor with a really good singing voice, he's also my producer Amanda Seely's favorite uncle.

She thought the world needed to hear him sing and to listen to his story.

Reverend Seely came out of retirement early this year to lead a church. The average Sunday attendance is about 70 people, many of them senior citizens like himself.

Then came the pandemic and with it, a warning from his cardiologist.

His exact words were, you cannot afford with your cardio problems and with your breathing problems. You're one handshake away from heaven with this virus.

The congregation still needed him for socially distant services, for phone calls, for letters of encouragement, and for funerals, including several for people who died of the same virus his doctor had warned him about.

It's rare that I do a funeral for a complete stranger. Most of these people, I didn't just know I'm a loved one and still do.

And I'm looking forward to seeing them begin one day.

In today's episode, CNN senior writer Thomas Lake tells the story of a singing pastor in a small town in South Carolina, who's doing what he can to honor the departed.

Even as he tries to avoid becoming one of them.

Okay, I just started recording.

That's great. So can you tell me a little about your corner of South Carolina? Where is it and what's it like?

It is in Western York County of South Carolina.

The closest largest city is Charlotte. When did you become a pastor? How long have you been doing it?

I became a pastor on November the 7th, 1977, on board ship. My first congregation was about 120 sailors.

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