BMWK: How is it working together on your music?

Michael: We work together in music but that’s the last thing we do. I fuss sometimes because I want to do more stuff together. But we don’t have the time because we’re both in ministry. We’re both Pastors and we pastor under Pastor James and Regina Cooper right now at Restoration International church. We also have our own ministry called Heal Our World. And right now, we’re working on the I Pray project. God has been using my wife and I. Through our prayers, marriages are being healed. Husbands are apologizing to their wives for cussing them out. Wives are apologizing to their husbands for belittling their dreams.

So a lot of people think of the music first. When they hear Tanya’s name, they immediately think Sister Act or ‘that girl can blow’. But what people don’t realize is that Tanya’s heart sings louder than anything. And I am just so honored that I learned the true core and the true essence of this black woman. I don’t care if we don’t ever record anything else ever again. The mere fact that I’m able to share space with her is an honor. I think a lot of husbands lose the honor aspect of things. God says, ‘he who findeth a wife findeth a good thing’. I didn’t just find a good thing, I found a great thing. I found a God thing. This woman is incredible. The way she loves people, this movement of Butterfly Beautiful that God has birthed in her, how she’s praying for her friends even Lauren Hill as we speak. She finds time to do all of this, and still maintain a tight ship at home. That’s priceless.

BMWK: How do you keep the family and marriage tight and strong with all that you have going on?

Tanya: I would say brutal honesty. A lot of times, we, as women don’t want to take direction from the head. When I get a little overwhelmed or I’m doing a little bit too much or not putting all the time I need to put in with my son, we’re honest with each other. My husband says, ‘the girls need you right now’, or ‘I need you right now’, so we’re just honest with each other. He tells me when I’m over working.

Sometimes as women, we kind of overdo everything because we’re just superwomen, we can’t help it [laughs]. He’s an incredible man of God and his heart is towards God and he just loves his family. I fell in love with him because of how he loves. When I met him with his daughters, I knew his heart was beating just like mine was. You can’t really love your children that way and not love other people the same way. So when I saw that, it was absolutely amazing. He’s an incredible father, he’s loving, patient, sensitive husband. And his sensitivity is still strong in his manhood. It’s been a wonderful journey.