Justin McRoberts is wonderfully down-to-earth. There is no hint of "image" in anything he does; instead, he seems mostly interested in being as human, as honest, and as real as possible.

Ah, how refreshing. And incredibly rare in the world of music.

It's hard to believe that Intersections is McRobert's fifth album. Didn't he just appear on the scene a few years ago? Yeah, but he's managed to consistently release one new album every year since his first disc in 1999. That's either commitment or an unstoppable creative flood. Or both.

Intersections finds him in a stop-and-smell-the-roses kind of mood, re-examining his life and his surroundings with methodical, thoughtful intention. Rather than melancholy wistfulness, he makes a strong case for making the latin motto "carpe diem" a universal principle. "Movie of My Life" finds him wanting to not sit back and watch his life pass him by, while "Beautiful To Me" praises the beauty of God, as seen in the world around us. This new sensitivity to grabbing hold of life is perfectly summed up on "The Whole Way Home," where he sings, "I want to live the life I'm living / I want to feel the road I'm on".